Listen to this article Included as part of this was a new floor and beam wing, as the Enstone-based team continues to optimize its aerodynamic package over the first phase of the championship. Most interestingly, one of the floor’s new features is the addition of a metal stay, something Alpine had previously not needed like other teams. While its competitors had found they needed the stays to stop their lightweight floors from flexing and triggering porpoising, Alpine had taken a hit in running a bulkier floor that didn’t need extra support. It was an area that Alpine’s chief technical officer Pat Fry had pointed out earlier in the campaign as having given his rivals an advantage. “We designed our car for maximum performance, but accepting that it was going to be slightly heavier and slightly overweight,” he said in S …