Franco Colapinto, AlpineFranco Colapinto, AlpineThe blue and pink car demonstrates some interesting ideas that deserve closer analysis. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementThe endplates of the rear wing also warrant closer inspection. At the top they are curved slightly outwards to increase the flow capacity of the rear wing, which must be designed within a very small regulatory box. Franco Colapinto in the Alpine A526 on the first day of the Barcelona shakedown. But the flow conditioners under the front wing were retained, echoing concepts from the not-so-distant past, which the regulations had previously banned.