F1 News: Teams Confirm Upgrades With McLaren Bringing Huge Changes For Austrian GP

A number of cars are bringing massive upgrades to this sprint weekend.

Ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, the teams have divulged their tweaks and upgrades to the cars for the high-stakes Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring. Red Bull Racing and Ferrari have come armed with new updates, but McLaren seems to outshine the rest with a host of hopefully game-changing upgrades to their MCL60. Mercedes and Aston Martin, on the other hand, are making their appearance at Spielberg without any fresh updates.

McLaren are the focus of declared upgrades this weekend in Austria. There’s also a new suspension on the Red Bull and new front wing and floor on the Ferrari 1/ pic.twitter.com/pLQ2UgaPOP

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Red Bull Racing has decided to make an adjustment to the rear suspension. The team behind Max Verstappen have made a minor tweak to their RB19 too ensure more stable airflow around that area to improve stability.

On the other hand, Ferrari, the Italian giant, has two updates to show. They've got a newly designed front wing via a redesign of the endplate, and modifications to the car floor.

But the highlight of the event seems to be McLaren. They had previously identified the Austrian Grand Prix as a major race weekend for the British team. Hence, they are bringing a host of upgrades to Lando Norris' car including a new side pod entrance, a modified Halo, a totally revamped floor, redesigned side pods, and a new engine cover. These are extensive upgrades, so we hope to see much more from the British driver this weekend. 

Red Bull's sister team, AlphaTauri has also brought several upgrades for their racers Nyck de Vries and Yuki Tsunoda. They will be showing off a new rear wing, a new 'Beam Wing', and new cooling louvres at Spielberg.

Williams hasn't been left behind either. They are introducing a new floor and modifications to the front brake duct, as well as bringing Alex Albon's car upgrades to Logan Sargeant's this weekend, too. Haas is the final team that is bringing something new to the race through a new nose. 

With this weekend featuring the controversial sprint format, it will be difficult for teams to completely understand and set up their cars with new upgrades with the accompanying time constraints. So this will be an interesting few days as the teams and drivers attempt to make the most of the points available here.