upgrade package
Teams in F1 keep improving the car with new parts. An “upgrade package” is basically the set of improvements they bring, and the big question is whether it makes them faster than the other teams’ updates.
An upgrade package is a bundle of new parts and aerodynamic/software changes a team brings to improve performance. In F1, teams often compare how effective each package is relative to rivals because even small gains can change qualifying and race pace.
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"We've just come up with an upgrade package [1278.4s] that's blown everyone away. [1280.4s] So it's going to be tricky,"
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"a big improvement on performance of the car didn't introduce necessarily any unwelcome handling characteristics, which is always, you know, a risk of bringing a new upgrade package."
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"Yeah, Mercedes have actually, as you mentioned, kept their upgrade package low. It's that combined with the fact that Miami is arguably the hottest place we've been to so far this season."
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