Alfa Romeo isn't letting up in the fight for P6 and has brought a new front wing to Suzuka F1 JapaneseGP
Given Friday's sessions being lashed by rain, the team opted not to risk an accident and started the day with the old wing.
Both drivers will run it from the start of what is expected to be a dry FP3 on Saturday. The revised design features new wing elements as well as a different attachment to the nose structure.On Thursday Bottas indicated that he hoped to see some gains in high-speed corners, and that was validated even in the limited running he did on a damp track after switching to it during the session.
"That's what I felt, which is what it needed to do. Obviously, we're missing quite a few sensors, because of the wet conditions."So we can't, aero number wise, measure that much. But feeling-wise, it was like it should be. “So it's not just this year's car development, it's also the future. So yeah, hopefully it works. Correlation has been good [this year], so there's been no issues."boss Fred Vasseur is confident that the wing will generate some performance, adding:"It's a decent step forward.