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[]AMuS] Red Bull will also have a big upgrade Helmut Marko: "The car in Spielberg will not be identical to the one that we would have seen in Melbourne. We brought the upgrade to the car that was scheduled for the fifth race in Barcelona and a second one now for Spielberg." Helmut Marko: "Everything is based on CFD and wind tunnel data. There is a certain amount of uncertainty. You use the third development step without knowing how the first and second update would have felt in practice. We have to assume the data is accurate." Mercedes will have an extensive aerodynamic upgrade at Spielberg. The car we would have seen in Melbourne was from a development status of Christmas 2019. In the meantime, they worked on a lot more things, some of which was processed before and after the work lockout. Reports from Italy about Ferrari coming to Spielberg with a big update that includes a slimmer front wing, new gearbox, a new rear axle and 30 HP more from the engine are false. A Ferrari spokesman: "We only have very small changes to the car. It was more important for us to understand the SF1000 better. We have indeed made a good step forward." The first significant Ferrari update will probably only arrive after the Hungarian GP. Ferrari with smaller changes, while Mercedes and Red Bull to introduce bigger update packages. It will be interesting to see how the pecking order appears - Is it Mercedes, Red Bull, Racing Point and Ferrari or is it slightly different with Red Bull ahead. We'll find out soon. Small upgrades from Alfa Romeo and McLaren for Spielberg. Despite the short time, Alfa Romeo even made the changes that were in the development schedule for the races in Austria and England. Racing Point already had a big upgrade for Melbourne and won't bring another one for Spielberg. Alpha Tauri also made some small changes and those were already seen during the filming day in Imola. Only Haas will drive with the Melbourne spec (without changes) in Spielberg. https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/technik-upgrades-gp-oesterreich-spielberg-mercedes-ferrari-red-bull/
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Per Ted on SKY F1 during his walkabout the cooling issues Mercedes had last year have been solved. The new car should be more competitive at Austria. I think still Red Bull are favorite to win via Max.
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I really hope Ferrari are messing with us saying they’ve done nothing except “understand” the car while the others have 2 levels of upgrades, at least. Either they’ve been sleeping, not set ambitious enough objectives for upgrades or the others didn’t follow the directives and worked during the lockout—although, realistically, I can’t imagine a bunch of engineers sitting at home armed with data and drawings would have actually stopped working unless they took the lockdown literally and tended to their garden all day. I can’t imagine waiting so long to finally watch a race and get thoroughly depressed by the outcome if it’s not even close.
F1 Logistics and pit/paddock set up Mercedes video - No motorhomes for the teams.https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/150183/tents-to-replace-motorhomes-in-austrian-gp-paddock Formula 1's paddock will look completely different at its first races back with tents and awnings replacing motorhomes, and team trucks further away from garages. As part of a move to limit the number of staff needing to attend, F1 has agreed with teams that the usual motorhomes that are a feature for European races will no longer be brought along. The building and transportation of F1's super-structure motorhomes required a lot of staff and it was felt that it would be better for teams to use circuit facilities instead. The absence of the motorhomes means that there is now space for a paddock rejig, with plans having been agreed for team trucks - which are normally close to the pit garage doors - being moved further away. Teams will then build tents and awnings at the back of the pits, which they can use as overspill space from the garage to help with any social distancing requirements. In a video explaining how Mercedes was coping with the challenge of the coronavirus races, Karl Fanson, head of its race team logistics, explained how different things will be.
Hopefully things will go well at Ferrari. A week's time now. Already my week was spoilt by liverpool winning the league..
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