Lotus Technical Director James Allison says the team are currently assessing how much benefit their E20 could derive from a Mercedes-style 'double DRS' after their attempts to get the device outlawed failed. THE ONLY PLACE TO BE Sky Sports F1 HD is THE only place to watch the 2012 Formula One season in full. We will have live and exclusive coverage of the Bahrain Grand Prix starting with P1 on Friday.

Lotus: Now looking to see if they can benefit from a double DRS

The Enstone-based outfit lodged an official protest to FIA stewards on the Thursday of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend over the legality of Mercedes much-discussed system - which channels air through internal pipes from the rear of car to help stall the front wing when the DRS is activated - but the claim was thrown out by the governing body's representatives who were again happy that it was inside the regulations.

With Lotus having vowed not to take the issue on to the FIA's Court of Appeal, teams are now faced with the decision of whether or not to incorporate similar systems into their existing designs in order to gain the same apparent lap-time benefit Mercedes are enjoying in qualifying in particular, when DRS use is unrestricted

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