After a four-week break between F1 races there will be one major topic this week: Upgrades 🛠️ With all teams given ample time to prepare, the next stage of the development arms race will arrive at the AzerbaijanGP – here’s what each team needs ⬇️
The four-week gap following the Australian Grand Prix has allowed many of the Formula 1 fraternity to take some annual leave. But the development arms race doesn’t take time off.A fallow period on-track belies teams working to sign off upgrades to be manufactured and freighted to Azerbaijan.
Regardless, car behaviour on entry to slower-speed corners must be addressed. Progress has been made over the unstable FW44 in this respect but there’s scope to improve. Wayward balance saps driver confidence as they are either too tentative on approach or too often lock up the front tyres., the Williams drivers are slow to reapply the throttle to point to a twitchy rear axle. The car also lacks overall downforce. The upshot is a design that’s extremely efficient in a straight line.
Using the same Honda powertrain as Red Bull yet failing to match its sister team in the speed traps also suggests excess drag. Both areas will be exposed by the split personality of the Baku layout, which is marked by a staccato first half to the lap before the flat-out final-sector dash to the line.After losing out in the development race in 2022 by not having the cash to operate up to the budget cap, the major new Audi investment should keep the Sauber squad in the game for longer.
This must be refined for Alfa to become competitive in the speed traps. In this ground-effects era, increasing the downforce generated underneath the car would theoretically allow a team to fit smaller front and rear wings to slice through the air more efficiently.In the mini head-to-head with Alfa Romeo, Haas is losing out over a flying lap through the slowest apexes and most noticeably during the major phases of acceleration.
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