Only three teams presented technical innovations in Qatar, and only Alpine’s solutions were quite large-scale, and those of Alfa Romeo and AlphaTauri were quite modest.
The tactics of most teams are justified and explained by the fact that this weekend’s program includes a sprint, which makes the opportunity to properly test the updates and evaluate their effectiveness very limited.
The only training took place on Friday, during which it was necessary to solve other problems: adapting to the new asphalt surface, analyzing the operation of the cooling systems, as well as the rubber, which also experiences additional stress at such high temperatures characteristic of Qatar. And after the training, the cars were immediately placed in a closed park and little could be done with them. Unless you adjust the angle of attack of the front wing.
However, Alpine cars have a redesigned underbody that should provide a bit more downforce at a minimum ride height, and the rear brakes have also been improved.
In addition, during yesterday’s training the team quickly tested a number of body parts with larger cooling fins, which makes the air flow to the power plant more intense, but interestingly, all this is not intended for Qatar, but for the Mexico stage. .
Alfa Romeo has installed a new additional rear wing on the C43, which works together with the main wing end plates and is the next improved element in a series of updates that the Swiss team has consistently introduced since Singapore.
AlphaTauri has limited itself to reworking the leading edge of the underbody to increase airflow through the venturi tunnels and achieve more downforce.
Source: F1 News
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