2007 Spanish GP Technical Review
The disappearance of San Marino from the calendar opened a four-week gap between Bahrain and Spain, giving the teams a rare chance to speed up their early-season development. Craig Scarborough looks at what they came up with
Formula One returned to race action last weekend in Spain after a rare four week break. Despite the long gap, the break was only punctuated by a single test at Barcelona, however it allowed the factories the chance to develop more parts than usual. As a result, every team had developments on their cars in Barcelona - and many of the changes were major.
The Circuit de Catalunya is a good test of the cars in many areas, particularly aerodynamics, as well as braking, traction and cooling. Following changes to the circuit since last year, the track now features a chicane to interrupt the last turn onto the main straight.
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