Technical updates: Italian GP

Seven of the 10 Formula 1 teams have made changes for the Italian Grand Prix as they look to adopt low-drag setups.

All of the updates being brought to Monza are circuit-specific to deal with the track’s long straights and high top speeds, with the majority of teams focusing on the rear of cars. The top three teams have all taken slightly different approaches, with Red Bull bringing a new rear wing, Ferrari a new beam wing and Mercedes the only one of the three to introduce a different front wing to help balance the car, given an updated rear wing.

Nyck de Vries' Aston Martin AMR22 sports data-gathering equipment to assess its new wings during opening Italian GP practice Mark Sutton / Sutton Images

That same approach has been taken by both McLaren and Aston Martin -- both Mercedes-powered teams -- where there are also tweaks to the front and rear wing. Williams, as the other Mercedes customer, only has an update to its beam wing that it also brought to Spa-Francorchamps but did not use.

Alpine also has made a change to its beam wing for reduced drag, but AlphaTauri, Alfa Romeo and Haas have not introduced any new parts for this weekend and will work on setup changes instead.

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Chris Medland

While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.

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