You are listening to Missapex Podcast,

Mr Apex Podcast. I'm your host Richard Reddy, but my friends call me Spanish. So let's be friends.

This week we have a team breakdown.

No, no, no, not Missed Apex having a team breakdown.

We're broadly hanging on but we are going to break down the top

six teams if you pretend that alpina are sixth and not eighth but we are covering

news from six of the teams. I believe we're in a really

really interesting part of the development cycle, of the development war. Red Bull for the first time

in a couple of years seemed to have a chink in their armour.

There is a little bit of news and suspicion about what McLaren have been doing with their upgrades

and whether they'll be able to hold on to that.

Mercedes definitely this time have upgrades coming.

Ferrari, when everything's looking really good are looking to change everything.

And Alpine, well there are some rumors that a couple of people

from Alpine are actually remaining with the team. I suggest you treat those rumors

with skepticism. But before we get onto the news I want to remind you that we are an independent

podcast produced in the podcasting shed with the kind permission of our better

halves. We aim to bring you a race review before your Monday morning commute.

We might be wrong but we're first.

I'm joined for some news breakdown by Matt to...

Rumpits. Hello Matt. Half a wing is better than none. Or so said

the Mercedes engineers before the start of the season. Half a wing is better than

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