Lauda: “The mobile wing is the stupidest idea in F1”

The movable rear wing is “the stupidest idea” Formula One bosses have ever thought of. That's the view of three-time world champion Niki Lauda after the DRS (Drag Reduction System) made its debut last weekend in Australia.

“Overtaking is something that should be decided by the drivers, not by the FIA ​​with green lights inside the cockpit telling them to fold the wings up or down,” the Austrian told Sport1.
According to Auto Motor und Sport, the system was quite a failure in Melbourne, as more overtaking was seen without the help of DRS.
Asked if he thinks the system will end up being regulated differently or abandoned, Lauda, ​​62, replied: “I don't know. I would never have introduced it. It's definitely the stupidest idea ever conceived.”