Wouldn’t they all be flooring it? If the lane is straight how does one driver speed up and pass another?
Edit: straight aways
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If you can get through a corner going faster, you’ll be faster all the way along the straight, even if the cars accelerate at the same rate. Also, the car behind can accelerate faster by slip-streaming the car in front. And Formula 1 has DRS (Drag Reduction System) to give an artificial advantage to the car behind. At one or two points on the track, if you’re within 1 second of the car in front, you can open up your rear wing on a section of the staight which allows you to go faster.
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