Only in Hollywood Hakam such as the absurd F1 film is possible to add a couple of new aerodynamic elements in a car and turn it from a winner to the winner. In fact, technological progress is incremental and underlining research is based on grinding recurrence.
And it is to establish it before the parts go to the ‘real’ car to install whether they work as expected.
So it is a counter-support knowledge to test new components over the weekends such as this year’s Belgium Grand Prix, where sprint format means just a formula 1 practice session. This makes the choice of tire more frightening than normal in addition to Pirelli’s experimental compound ‘Kadam’, and is usually against the background of all fickle ardines microclimate.
still, Aston Martin and Racing Bulls are starting new aerodynamic elements this weekend. Aston’s package consists of new front and rear wings, although the plan is to run only for verification purposes on Alonso’s car for the front wing.
“I think the team is trying to bring the upgrade whenever ready,” Fernando Alonso When asked by cotorsport.com, when asked the argument behind bringing new components over the weekends with several other variables.
“And perhaps it was forecasted for Budapest or later the season and they managed to bring it a little earlier and we have a chance to test it here. There is no guarantee that we will run with it if we do not have time to test it.
“So, let’s see if we can test it properly. If we do and we choose the race option with it, we will feel a better after weekend.”
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing
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Aston Martin introduced a floor and top bodywork development during the British Grand Prix Weekend. When asked about it in silverstone, Alonso was not less about the effect of this package, described it as “modest”.
But this comment is also to be seen in context. The overall picture in the silverstone was slanting with mixed conditions and the fact that many other teams brought up – which could have reduced the net effect of Aston’s package.
In any case, the Eston Martin is re-preparing the imagination of the previous floor for the spa as the downforce requirements in this track are low and-more pressure-that type of ultra-lo ride heights is uncontrolled, for which the latest floor imagination was adapted.
“Fernando will test the front wing in practice,” the team’s principal and CEO Andy Cowell told the selected media including Motorsport.com.
“We will look at the data quickly. This is a very low-downfores circuit and, if we are uncertain, we will stick to our current wing. I hope we will go down-we will stick with the wing that we know.
“But running in behavior will provide some data that we can move beyond Budapest, where it is more likely to be a profit because it is a high-deployment circuit.
“We have also got a low-downfores rear wing, which is part of the rear-wing family that we are all running in the season, this is just a lower-dounge variant that we are planning to keep on the car in the race weekend.”
Fernando Alonso, Eston Martin Racing, Andy Cowle, Eston Martin Racing
Photo by: Zak but / motorsport images
An opportunity is that the Parc Ferme rules under the current sprint format are less restrictive than before, so car glasses can be made on Saturday between sprint race and grand prix qualifying. Under the first recurrence of sprint rules, the set-ups were effectively frozen after the first practice.
Therefore, with the possibility of either the wing swaping the wing between practice and sprint qualifying, this can be performed between sprint race and Grand Prix qualifying. A front-wing change can be obtained in less than 30 seconds.
“If we cannot test it (new front wing) in FP1, perhaps we choose not to fit it for Quali,” Alonso said. “And at the same time, I think we have the Parc Ferme open after the sprint race, so we can use the first part of the weekend as a test and then run with the best imagination on Sunday.
“So, I think there are a lot of possibilities. I’m not worried.”
Alonso’s comments should also be seen through the prism of the position of Aston Martin in the championship – eighth – as well as a photo of relative performance. Earlier, at Thursday’s press conference, he struggled to call great enthusiasm for the subject of fighting for the fifth place in the Constractors Championships, saying “there is not much to do”.
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