With series of new updates, Mercedes wants to make another attempt to narrow the immense gap to Red Bull Racing. The new floor, front suspension and sidepods were already on the cars in Monaco, but it would only become clear in Barcelona whether the German team's engineers had gone in the right direction. Looking only at the final score of the free practice sessions, there seems to be little improvement, but technical man Andrew Shovlin was satisfied after the sessions. That begs the question: 'Are Mercedes' updates working or not at all?' Article continues under ad Lewis Hamilton was not a happy man. He called Friday in Barcelona 'a difficult day', where it was hard to manage the tyres...
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