Which F1 team has brought the biggest upgrade to the Bahrain GP?

These are the upgrades every team will bring to the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix�♔�.

Mercedes AMG F1 W15 of George Russell (GBR) pushed down the pit lane by mechanics. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 1,
Mercedes AMG F1 W15 of George Russell (GBR) pushed down the pit lane by mechanics. Formula 1…

Red Bull

Front Wing - Re-optimis🍷ed wing elements to better attain the pressure gradients and more stable load.

Nose - Better fairing to the💦 front wing elements and a better pressure control along the length.

Sidepod inlet - A better inlet shape for the preꦬssure field available to supply the primary heat exchangers

Floor Edge - More aggressive geometry in the FEW to attain locally greater p🃏ressure diffe🔴rences

Cooling Louvres - Attaining adequate ranges of exit areas to operate in the coolest and warmestꦡ ambinent conditions expected.

Coke/Engine Cover - 🍃Profiled 🥃to improve pressure upstream of the rear wing.

Front Wing Endplate - Less 𒉰loss from the endplate roll-over for𒈔 more load.

Mercedes 

Front Wing -☂ Detached forward element from no♏se and reduced forth element chord inboard.

Singular Inlet - Triangular inlet.

Floor Body - Change in the fence c𝐆amber and floor tunnel profile.&nbs🌠p;

Coke/Engine Cover - Softened engine cover shoulder.

Beam Wing - Improved section profiling.

Rear Wing - Increased flap tip cut-out and reprofiling.

Ferrari 

Sidepod Inlet - The sidepod inlet has been reworked and raised, working in conjunction with the rꦿedesigned sidepod and coke undercut

Coke/Engine Cover - The 🔥engine cover has been inflated, with a different cooling exit topology and a mꦫore prominent central exit. High and wide sidepod shoulder is a visible difference compared to the 2023 car

Rear Corner - Rear suspensi🎀on and rear corner have been adapted to suit the bodywork dev🌊elopment, offering better inboard and outboard integration, as well as a re- optimized rear corner winglet system

McLaren 

Sidepod Inlet - Modified Sidepod Inlet

Coke/Engine Cover - New Bodywork Shape

Floor Edge - Floor Edge Modification

Rear Wing - New Rear Wing Assembly

Aston Martin 

Front Wing - Front wing mounted to thꦛe nose on the second 𒁏element.

Nose - Shorter nose 🐲compared to AMR23, to suit FW mounting chan🧜ge described above.

Floor Body - The leading edge of the floor is higher and other subtle ch🌱ange in the shape of the main 🦩floor.

Floor Edge - The floor edge wing has a shorter chord.

Sidepod Inlet -  The sidepod inlet is raised.

Coke/Engine Cover - Under🍒cut depth has increased, and the exit of the bodywork has a revised ꦓprofile.

Rear Suspension - Suspension member fairing🔜s to shroud the revised structural layo🌠ut.

Rear Corner - Rear brake duct modified to suit the revised rear suspension layout from ꦍour supplier.

Beam Wing - Iꦛnboard both elements now mount to the crash structure.

Alpine 

Front Wing - It is a completely revised front wing for 2024.

Floor Edge - The floor edges contain revised edge details.

Front Wing - This is ✨a new part since the pre-season test. A front wing gurney has been produced and made available on the trailing🎃 edge of the front wing flap.

Williams 

Front Wing - The whole front wing geometry is new for 2024. Cho♋rd lengths,🍨 aerofoil profiles and connection to nosebox are all updated.

Nose - The nosebox has a new profile and the detail around the c💖onnection to the front wing is new for FW46.

Front Suspension - The la✨yout of the front suspension is updated. Most notably, the trackrod position is changed and the front top wishbone is 🐭now split into two separate legs.

Front Suspension - The layout of the front suspension is updated. Most notably,🌄 the trackrod position is changed and the front top wishbone is now split into two separate legs.

Floor Body - The entire floor geometry is updated for 2024. The details are primarily on the underside of the fl♏oor but the upper surface and floor edge (See below) are also updated to make the most of the high energy flow.

Floor Fences - The floor fences have been updated in positꦓion and curvꦗature for FW46.

Floor Edge - The floor edge has been substantilly updated for 2024. More elaborate and aggr🍒essive geometry is present for 2024. This captures the learning from FW45 and makes the most of the improved flow quality around the front of the car and the floor.

Sidepod Inlet - The sidepod inlet is new f⛎or 2024 and features an extended lip.

Diffuser - The diffuser geometry is modifꩲied for 2024 t൲o maximise the load from the onset flow.

Coke/Engine Cover - The coke and engine cover geometry is new for 2024 and features and aggressive slide from the front of the cooling inlet to the rear corꦰner. A variety of louvres panels and centreline exits provide opportunity to adjust the flow through the cooling system.

Beam Wing - The beam wing is part of the overall rear wing assembly. For 2024 there are two elements to the beam wing, which helps adjust the drag and downforce for each circuit. The forward element in particular w♔ill be adjusted as required.

Rear Wing - The rear wing assembly is new for FW46 and featu♎res the familiar disconnect between the flap element and the endplate. The whole geometry is new with updated profiles, chord and s🐽pan.

Rear Suspension - The FW46 features rear suspension geometry used by MGP in 2023. The outboard geometry is very sim🤡ilar to the FW45 but offers 💫a small update to the leg positions and interface with the upright.

Rear Corner - The rear cor🍬ner geoemtry is updated for 2024 with revised winglets and updated brake cooling ✃flow.

RB 

Nose - The AT05 nose / front wi♊ng junctions have been modified. The geometry of the nose has also been extensively modified

Front Wing - The inboard sections of th🎐e FW have been modified in sympathy with the revised nose geometry. The first element of the mainplane has been extensively revised with elements two, three and four remaining closely similar to AT04.

Front Suspension - The front suspension has ♏been extensively redesigned and a pull-rod element now controls front wheel movement compared to a push-rod on AT04. The trackrod remains in a low position ahead of the front lower wishbone, similar to AT04.

Front Corner - The front brake duct assembly has been redesigned to accommodꦓate the new pull-ro📖d suspension. The scoop geometry itself is closely similar to AT04 but with greater separation now to the front top wishbone and pull-rod elements.

Floor Body - The floor has been rede🔯signed with updates to the fences as well a♋s floor roof surfaces.

Floor Edge - The floor edge features a similar floor edge wing to AT04 bu💮t modified to suit latest developments on the main floor itself.

Diffuser - The diffuꦅser has modifications based on upstream flow changes

Sidepod Inlet - The sidepod inlet has been raised and 💯the upper leading edge regressed.

Coke/Engine Cover - Th💟e coke line has been pulled inboard compared to AT04🔥. The upper sidepod has also increased in height with the upper engine cover surfaces dropping towards the rear floor.

Cooling Louvres - Bodywork cooling louvres are very similar t𒁏o AT04.

Rear Wing - Rear wing profiles have been redesigned⛦ to improve Cp profiles

Sauber 

Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Sauber C44 at a team photograph. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 1, Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir,
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Sauber C44 at a team photograph. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 1,…

Front Suspension - The change to pull-rod was mostly dictated by aerodynamic, not mechanical reasons. It allows to maximise the eff𒅌iciency of the aero package throughout the whole car.

Coke/Engine Cover - Influenced by the changes at the front of the car (see above), we took an aggressive approach to redesign꧟ing the engine cover, the sidepod and the coke area to maximise downforce and aero efficiency.

Floor Body - As part of our redesign for 2024, we took a novel approach to the floor with some solutions, mostly in the main body part, aim𒊎ed at generating increased downforce.

Haas 

Front Wing Endplate - Revised Front Wing Endplate and Side Vane

Front Wing - Optimized profile design, compliant with n𝔉ew front susp🐭ensions

Sidepod Inlet - The S🔜id💫epod Inlet is much higher compared to last year, allowing a larger undercut

Floor Body - New Floor concept, ꧅with higheꦰr leading edge and new tunnel design

Floor Fences - The new floor body required a complete re-des⛦ign of the floor fences

Floor Edge - New floor 🧸and bodywork required a re-design of the floor edge

Coke/Engine Cover - New design of the engine cover 

Front Suspension - New fr🐬oꦚnt suspension design and updated covers 

Front Corner - Updated internal and external design 

Rear Suspension - Updated rear susp꧙ension with revised fairing design

Rear Corner - Revised internal and external design

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