The damage caused by the Alpine's double crash in Melbourne will not alter the team's plans to introduce an F1 upgrade package in Baku.
The incident caused extensive damage to both cars, but thefactory started immediately replenishing its stock of spares, taking advantage of the three-week break between races.
"And then the other big positive was the fact that as soon as the accident happened, the entire operations here at Enstone got together. They didn't wait for a report of this is damaged, that's damaged, we have to replace these suspension members or a front wing. "It'll be no secret to tell everyone that we've got an upgrade on the floor, we've got an entirely new floor. That's what it is, a couple of other small little bits, but predominantly the floor."
"And having a crash like that early on just means that you've expended some of that crash damage budget early.
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