How Alonso’s F1 DRS campaign found Alpine some speed in Melbourne

For some teams, the removal of the fourth DRS zone made no immediate difference. But for others – notably Aston Martin – it led to some last minute scrabbling around to change the car set-up to suit, triggering a chain of events that led to a disastrous Saturday for the Silverstone team.

How the loss of the DRS zone came about was unusual to say the least, with some rivals suspecting that a clever piece of gamesmanship by Fernando Alonso had paid off to the benefit of…