{"id":888088,"date":"2026-09-11T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/888088\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:48:10","slug":"mercedes-lead-madrid-f1-upgrades-as-teams-brace-for-fresh-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/888088\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes lead Madrid F1 upgrades as teams brace for fresh challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several F1 teams have brought new parts to their cars for the Spanish Grand Prix as they look to enjoy a successful weekend around the new Madring Circuit.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Fresh from its victory last time out at Monza, Mercedes has arrived at the event with some circuit-specific upgrades.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>These are found at the rear of the car, with modifications made to the rear wing and exhaust tailpipe to reduce drag.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>It has also noted a reprofiling of the front lip around the brake drums, as the Brackley-based squad hunts for its 10th victory of the season.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>At Red Bull, the team has battled concerns with its car in recent times, with Max Verstappen noting at Monza that the car was degrading throughout the race.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to fix the concern, the Milton Keynes-based squad has introduced changes to the rear wheel bodywork assembly and a geometric change between the floor and chassis.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari has listed just one upgrade, a reprofiling of the rear top wishbone of the suspension to improve local load.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, McLaren&#8217;s has just a sole modification to the car, focused on the rear wing to improve airflow.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Across the midfield teams, upgrades are a lot more scarce.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>After taking pole position last time out at the Italian GP, Alpine has brought an updated floorboard to Madrid, while Cadillac has made changes to its rear wing and diffuser.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Williams, Racing Bulls, Aston Martin, Haas and Audi have all arrived at the race with no notable upgrades.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several F1 teams have brought new parts to their cars for the Spanish Grand Prix as they look&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-888088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}