Tag Archives: upgrades

Jun201021

Rob

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How can all of the teams improve so much?

It seems that nearly every team in the paddock has come out over the past few weeks and said that they have massive improvements for Valencia and that they’re now going to be much faster. While all very well in itself, it doesn’t really mean much unless your improvement is faster than the other teams around you. Since the start of the season all of the teams, even the new ones, have made massive strides forward in pace. It’s just that so have all the other teams and the status quo remains about the same.
The fight at the front seems the closest out and out battle but even there the track conditions and drivers seem to make more of a difference than the car – which is arguably what should be happening. It’s not that the teams are making progress, that’s great, it’s that they should make a noise [...]

May201003

Rob

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What’s going to be different in Barcelona?

With four races down F1 is set to return to it’s european stomping ground, it’s where the teams traditionally all bring big upgrades from the final stages of development and the lessons that they have learnt over the flyaway races. Expect all of the big names to have some improvements that may shake up the pecking order – though that needs little change this year.
Mercedes have the most to gain and Red Bull the most to lose but I’d expect McLaren to come out a little faster, they seem to have the best development of all the teams based on past history and they have a stronger base this year – though perhaps that will mean they have less to work with.
I’d expect to see the biggest changes in the mid-field, Williams will be keen to see some improvements as will Renault and Force India. Sauber need some reliability and [...]