Every team bar world championship leaders McLaren have brought updates to their car for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.
With the FIA introducing tougher tests for front wing flexibility this weekend, seven teams have updated that part on their car this weekend. Every team apart from McLaren, Mercedes and Alpine has brought a revised front wing.
Red Bull’s only new part this weekend is its front wing which it says has been revised to meet the new technical regulation. Ferrari also cited the stiffer front wing flexibility test as its reason for introducing a new front wing this weekend. The team has also brought a revised high-downforce rear wing for its SF-25.
McLaren has not changed the design of its front wing since the season began. Yesterday Lando Norris said he was “not at all” concerned the rules change might compromise his car’s performance. “There are little tweaks here and there but nothing that will change how we have to do anything,” he said. McLaren has won six of the eight grands prix so far this year.
Mercedes’ updates for this weekend are focused on it floor, where it is seeking an increase in overall load, and a new rear wing designed to provide the optimum trade-off between drag and downforce for the Circuit de Catalunya.
Aston Martin and Haas have only introduced a new front wing for this weekend. Racing Bulls has also taken the opportunity to revise the front wing end plates and nose on its 02 chassis.
Sauber has a larger package of updates including changes to its floor fence, edge and diffuser. It has also revised its engine cover to work alongside those revisions. Alpine has similarly focused its pursuit of performance gains on the floor of its A525.
Williams encountered a developing reliability problem on Alexander Albon’s car at the last race related to overheating. For this weekend it has brought new cooling louvres plus revisions to its brake ducts.
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