Lotus to run 'double DRS' as Raikkonen chases title

by - 8/09/2012 02:45:00 p.m.

Lotus F1 has confirmed that it is likely to move from testing its own 'double DRS' system on the opening day of a grand prix weekend to running it in races as it attempts to keep Kimi Raikkonen's title ambitions alive over the remaining nine races.

Although the entire F1 circus is on shutdown for the next couple of weeks, the Enstone team is already well advanced with the development of its trick aerodynamic addition - which is thought to channel air from extra intakes above the driver's head and, using a fluid switch, divert it to the rear wing - having had it on the drawing board since Shanghai and on the E20 from Hockenheim. However, Raikkonen has yet to use it beyond Friday free practice, when the team went to great lengths to hide its secrets from rivals.

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