McLaren arrived in Spain without updates, and now?
The team that commands in the F1 does not present anything new in Barcelona, just in the weekend when the hardening of the controls on the front alerons enters into force.
Many were looking forward to the arrival of the GP of Spain, noted as the ninth quotation of the F1 World Cup, because it is the date indicated by the FIA to harden the flexibility controls of the front wings. From Barcelona’s competition, wings will not be able to have so much movement in high speed, a situation that allows lower resistance to progress. As never expected in Spain the previous announcement made byTo the International Automobile Federation informing the modifications that each team includes in a Grand Prix. And there were some surprises.
McLaren, the team that dominates the World Cup with comfort and that has Oscar Piestri and Lando Norris, his pilots, barely separated by three points, did not bring any modification on his front wing. Their rivals, which make stresses to get closer to papaya cars, waited with hope that Woking losing performance with the brand new regulations. However, the statement published by the supervisory entity says: “If modifications to announce in this event.”
As? But then the wing? McLaren anticipated the new technical regulations TD018 and tested a more rigid wing during the weekend of Emilia-Romagna, getting ready to pass without problems due to the reinforced control that enters into force since this weekend. With this, their rivals can already put aside the illusion.
Mercedes and Alpine are the other two teams that did not make touch -ups on the front wing. In the case of the silver arrows, the rear wing was updated (for this particular track) and the aerodynamic flow of the floor. In the French, the background was touched to optimize flow and load.
In the rest of the teams, beyond other changes, the same is repeated in all: front wing. This is the case of Ferrari, Red Bull, Aston Martin, Haas, Racing Bulls, Williams and Sauber. Has the light of hope of reaching McLaren been turned off?
