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Always tricky to see detail in this area of an F1 car, but the BBC really haven't picked the clearest photos ...

Hopefully a bit clearer here:

* Mercedes W11 cape: https://i.imgur.com/LoDuge8.jpg

* Red Bull RB16: https://i.imgur.com/lJ4SrYv.jpg

* Renault RS20: https://i.imgur.com/XJVeFwN.png

Even harder to see the J-vanes on the Ferrari (not helped by there being only 10 photographers round the tracks at the moment, so many fewer pictures than usual) but I've found a couple photos of the SF1000's vanes:

https://i.redd.it/4awyalvl1al41.jpg

https://i.redd.it/xrhjfzmj0ql41.jpg

It'll be interesting to see if they change cape/J-vane philosophy with their much vaunted aero upgrade for Hungary in a couple of weeks. There certainly seem to be some pretty fundamental issues with their 2020 car at the moment. I'm sure their newly legal engine isn't helping them but watching some of Vettel's onboards from yesterday[0] there's clearly something aerodynamically wrong too, the car just isn't planted in any phase of cornering.

[0] - https://twitter.com/deadlinex/status/1279825624719392768

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