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Laurence Barretto just said on F1tv that someone at Alpine told him that many of the upgrades they had planned for race 1 arrived early so they were able to test them last week, so that's why we might not be seeing as much change as we expected
Buxton just said the Front wing was going to be an upgrade, and that there's an aero upgrade at the rear suspension (maybe just a different shroud?)
Laurence Barretto just said on F1tv that someone at Alpine told him that many of the upgrades they had planned for race 1 arrived early so they were able to test them last week, so that's why we might not be seeing as much change as we expected
Buxton just said the Front wing was going to be an upgrade, and that there's an aero upgrade at the rear suspension (maybe just a different shroud?)
Maybe the extended boat-tail / keel, and those louvers in the waterslide.... but to add to the confusion; they didnt run them today AFAIK
From the article accompanying the picture they will bring upgrades worth 3 tenths by imola and more upgrades by summer break will bring total development to 6 tenths.
According to Matt Harman, Alpine ''are bringing a new floor to Baku amongst some other aerodynamic and mechanical items. We then have a further development at the following race in Miami and something further for Imola after that.''
The leading edge of the main plane curves rearwards to produce a shorter chord length. Main benefit of this might be to keep modularity high and prevent a new endplate from having to be used with the low downforce wing whilst also allowing the shorter chord length which could offer less parasitic drag
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The target for this car is top 4. Pah! that will be only after very extreme developments! It seems to have all the elements to be fast, but it just isn't.
