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DRS bans for Monaco and Spa

BARCELONA, Spain - The overtaking 'DRS' system will be banned from use in the Monaco tunnel and along Spa-Francorchamps' fearsome Eau Rouge.

However the FIA is pushing ahead with allowing the wings to be used on the curving harbourside "straight" in Monaco next weekend, despite opposition from drivers' association chairman Rubens Barrichello and many fellow drivers.

"All the drivers except Michael Schumacher think it is too dangerous in Monaco," the Brazilian was quoted as saying by Auto Motor und Sport.  "Maybe Michael thinks he has a technical advantage."

'YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT'

Lewis Hamilton, however, was also looking forward to using DRS on the famous barrier-lined streets of the cliffside resort town. "If you don't want to use it you don't have to," he pointed out.

The FIA's Charlie Whiting was unapologetic for allowing DRS in Monaco. "It would be wrong to ban an overtaking aid on a circuit where it could be most useful," he was quoted as saying during the Barcelona F1 weekend. However it would be banned - on safety grounds - in the tunnel and on Belgium's Eau Rouge straight at Spa-Francochamps.

The Monaco DRS zone will be across the finish line and Sebastian Vettel, for instance, thought there was "not enough space" for overtaking there. Hamilton, however, said: "There will be some overtaking in Monte Carlo - but not much."

The FIA is planning not one, but two, DRS zones for the Canadian and Valencia GPs.
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