Chinese GP technical blog
Although the biggest upgrades aren't expected until Spain next month, F1 teams have made good use of their recent test to bring parts to China, as CRAIG SCARBOROUGH highlights
With the early races out of the way, Formula 1 teams are now starting to introduce more performance parts, aided by the two-day test that followed the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Due to Shanghai being so demanding aerodynamically, with its long straight and the abundance of corners, this is a good track to trial updates even though it will be at next month's Spanish GP that we see the big upgrade packages introduced.
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