The updates every F1 team needs to bring to Barcelona

A return to pre-season test venue Barcelona is typically an annual opportunity for the Formula 1 teams to introduce a large raft of updates. But what does each squad ideally need to bring to this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix?

Jake Boxall-Legge May 8, 2019, 9:52 AM

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Traditionally, the Spanish Grand Prix is the round at which the majority of the Formula 1 fraternity bolt on their largest upgrades of the season so far. Barcelona offers the perfect opportunity for the teams to add a few upgrades ahead of the event when the cars are back home from the early-season flyaways, as its close to the most of their factories.

Now armed with four rounds worth of data, each team will have some idea of what it needs to work on, and engineers will be working into the small hours producing countless simulations to try and dig out some extra performance.

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Jake Boxall-Legge Autosport’s Technical Editor. Having studied Automotive Engineering with Motorsport at the University of Hertfordshire, West Country-born Jake's original ambition was to design racing cars. During a year between studies in which he accidentally rekindled a love of writing, he took up a Master's in Motorsport Engineering at Oxford Brookes. Halfway through his master's year, he was offered a place on the Autosport Academy, conducting occasional freelance duties before becoming the press officer for Formula 2 and GP3 in 2018. Autosport offered him a return to the fold later that year to serve as its Technical Editor. His voice appears on a number of videos and podcasts, and can often be found writing about terrible Formula 1 cars in excruciating detail. In his spare time, Jake enjoys baking and blames his failure to make it past the Great British Bake-Off interviews on his tenuous grasp on choux pastry. His dream is to open a brunch cafe - and his willingness to make outrageous puns in inappropriate situations has earned him the contempt of his colleagues.