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 qualifying session for the Silverstone-based team.
How the loss of the DRS zone came about was unusual, with some rivals suspecting that a clever piece of gamesmanship by wily old fox Alonso had paid off to the benefit of the Alpine team.
