Tim Wright's rundown of the 2020 F1 contenders
Ahead of the 2020 Formula 1 season's long-awaited start in Austria, Autosport's technical expert and ex-F1 engineer shares his thoughts on the teams that will have some work to do this weekend and the drivers with a point to prove
It's now four months since my first assessment of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona for Autosport and, unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown, we have still to see how the teams actually stack up against each other.
I suspect that even with the factory lockdowns, the team personnel won't have been concentrating entirely on making their gardens look pretty. Teams have had a unique opportunity to design and make new parts after seeing their rivals in action at Barcelona, and I think we will see some different parts on some of the cars when they take to the track in Austria.
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