Piola's picks: Red Bull's urgent upgrade and teams' DRS tricks
Giorgio Piola starts his selection of the most intriguing Formula 1 tech updates from the Australian Grand Prix with a look at the upgrade Red Bull brought forward by a month, and how teams are changing DRS actuators to make the most of the new 2019 rules
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In the first round of the season, the expected competitive order of this year's Formula 1 season was somewhat shuffled up: Mercedes blitzed to a one-two finish, Ferrari endured a nightmarish weekend and Red Bull kicked off its new relationship with Honda with a podium.
After setting modest times in testing, Red Bull threw a raft of new parts at its RB15 challenger in Australia to wade into the title fight - accelerating its development by bringing forward an update that had been earmarked for round three in China.
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