A
drill bit (10) that includes: a shaft (12) extending along a
drill axis (14); a transition section (16) which is connected to the shaft (12); a body section (18) having a front end (21) and comprising a plurality of axially superimposed, progressively increasing steps (20A-20M) including a first step (20A) at the front end and a last step (20M) connected to the transition section (16), wherein the first stage (20A) has two tip clamping grooves (42) which are each arranged at an angle of the tip clamping groove (44, 50) to the
drill axis (14), the body section (18) further having two body clamping grooves (46) which each extend from the first stage (20A) to the transition section (16) and are arranged at an angle of the body clamping groove (48) which differs from the angle of the tip clamping groove (50); and a drill tip (21) located at the front end (21) of the body section (18) and having a
cutting edge (28) that crosses the drill axis (14), wherein a first
cutting surface (24) is located on one side of the
cutting edge (28) and a second cutting surface (26) is located on an opposite side of the cutting edge (28), wherein the first cutting surface (24) has a first clearance angle (36) and the second cutting surface (26) has a second clearance angle (38) which differs from the first clearance angle (36); wherein each tip-chipping groove (42) extends to the first cutting surface (24) or the second cutting surface (26) to define at least part of an edge (32) of the first cutting surface (25) or the second cutting surface (26); wherein the angle of the body clamping groove (48) of each body clamping groove (46) is formed as a compound angle defined by a first angle of the body clamping groove (48) and a second angle of the body clamping groove (72), wherein the first angle of the body clamping groove (48) is measured between a center line (72) of each body clamping groove (46) and the drill axis (14) in a first plane, and the second angle of the body clamping groove (72) is measured between the center line (71) of each body clamping groove (46) and the drill axis (14) in a second plane which is orthogonal to the first plane; wherein the first angle of the body span groove (48) is between about 4.5 degrees and about 5.5 degrees, and wherein the second angle of the body span groove (72) is between about 1 degree and about 3 degrees.