How does DRS in F1 provide such a boost?

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I see it as a small flap that opens up and it speeds up the cars by a large margin. How does something so small like a flap provide that much of a boost?

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On top of all the other great answers, air resistance increases as the square of the speed. If you drive twice as fast you have four times the air resistance. These cars are driving 200mph, so they generate 16 times the air resistance as when they are going normal driving speed of 50 mph. That small flap has a major effect

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