Piola on test two's eye-catching aero developments
The Formula 1 field arrived at last week's second 2019 pre-season test with plenty of updated parts. But some were more visible that others as the teams worked hard to understand the aerodynamic changes resulting from the new rules
Between the first and second tests of the 2019 pre-season, the Formula 1 teams made varying degrees of changes to their new cars. Some were happy to focus their developments on making sure the internals were fully optimised, which meant that external changes were minimal.
But others cast their eyes towards tweaking more visible portions of their cars as the engineers continue to get their heads around the demands of the 2019 rule changes.
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