2008 Spanish GP Technical Review
The first European race of the season is traditionally marked by a flurry of new developments, and last weekend's Spanish GP was no exception. Craig Scarborough takes stock of the various tweaks
After three flyaway races, the teams returned to their European bases and completed a weeklong test ahead of the Spanish GP. As the fourth race in the season, this was the first chance for the teams to make major developments to their cars, and as result nearly every team had new developments for the race weekend.
Equally, the circuit marks to the first chance to really assess the relative pace - Barcelona is a favoured test track and every team knows how to get the best from its car there. Thus the race was far tighter than we've seen all year; along with the upgrades, many teams were closer to the fight than previously.
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