Aston Martin compromised on cooling with updated F1 “launch car”

As part of the huge package of aerodynamic changes, the team had to make decisions on cooling several weeks ago, and it was caught out in part by unexpectedly high temperatures in Barcelona this weekend.
In such circumstances, teams are obliged to ‘open up’ their cars and create extra cooling capacity, which in turn generates drag and impacts straightline speed.
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