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

Theওse are the upgrades everyꦺ 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-optimised wing elements to better attain the pressure gradients and more stab🐼le load.

Nose - Better fairing to the front wing elements and a better pressure contro🎶l along the length.

Sidepod inlet - A better inlet sha🍎pe for the pressure field available to supply the primary heat exchangers

Floor Edge - More aggressive geomet🌄ry in the FEW to attain locally greater pressure differences

Cooling Louvres - At✃taining adequate ranges of exit areas to operate i🅺n the coolest and warmest ambinent conditions expected.

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

Front Wing Endplate - Less loss from the end♔platꦡe roll-over for more load.

Mercedes 

Front Wing - Detached forward ꦿe✃lement from nose and reduced forth element chord inboard.

Singular Inlet - Triangular inlet.

Floor Body - Change in the fence camber💛 and floor tunnel profile. 

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 rai💎sed, working in conjunction with the redesigned sidepod and coke♕ undercut

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

Rear Corner - Rear suspension and rear corner have been adapted to suit the bodywork development, off🎀ering better inboard and outboard integration, as weꦜll 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 t🏅o th🦋e nose on the second element.

Nose - Shorter nose compared to AMR23, 🔜to suit FW mounting change described above.

Floor Body - The leading edge of the floo💞r is higher and other subtle change 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 - Undercu✱t depth has increased🍌, and the exit of the bodywork has a revised profile.

Rear Suspension - Sꦏuspension member fairings to shroud the revised structu❀ral layout.

Rear Corner - Rear brake duct modified to suit the rev🦋ised rear suspension layo🥂ut from our supplier.

Beam Wing - Inboard both elements n♈ow 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 sinc🥃e 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 wh🌼ole front wing geometry is new for 2024. Chord lengths, ae𒆙rofoil profiles and connection to nosebox are all updated.

Nose - The nosebox has a new profile and the detail around the connecti✅on to the front wing is new for FW46.

Front Suspension - The layout of the front suspension is updated. Most notably, the trackrod pღosition 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 changeꦚd 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 floor but the upper surface and floor edge (See below) are also updated to 🦩make the most of the high energy flow.

Floor Fences - Th💝e floor fences have been updated in position and curvature for FW46.

Floor Edge - The floor edge has been substantilly updated for 2024. More elaborate and aggressive 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 i🐽s modified for 2024 to 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 corner. A variety ofꦅ louvres panels and centreli♉ne 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 forwꦑard element in particular will be adjusted as required.

Rear Wing - The rear wing assembly is🍷 new for FW46 and features the familiar disconnect between the flap e🍷lement and the endplate. The whole geometry is new with updated profiles, chord and span.

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

Rear Corner - The rear corner geoemtr𒉰y isꦫ updated for 2024 with revised winglets and updated brake cooling flow.

RB 

Nose - The AT05 nose🍨 / front wing junctions have been modified. The geometry of 🐈the nose has also been extensively modified

Front Wing - The inboard sections of the 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 wis🐟hbone, similar to AT04.

Front Corner - The front brake duct assembly has been redesigned to accommodate the new pull-rod su🌱spension. 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 re🐷designed with updates to the fences as well as floor roof surface🎶s.

Floor Edge - The floor edge features a similar floor edge wing to AT04 but modified to suit latꦗest developments on the main floor itself.

Diffuser - The diffuser has modifꦜications based on upstream flow changes

Sidepod Inlet - The siღdepod inlet has been raised and the up𒉰per leading edge regressed.

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

Cooling Louvres - Bodywork cooling louvres are very siཧmilar to AT04.

Rear Wing - Rear 💧wing profiles have been redesigned to improve Cp profi🏅les

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 efficiency of the ae𒈔ro 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 redesigning the engine cover, the sidepod and the coke area to maximise downforc🏅e 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, ai༺med at generating increased downforce.

Haas 

Front Wing Endplate - Revised Front Wing Endplate and Side Vane

Front Wing - Optimizedﷺ profile♉ design, compliant with new front suspensions

Sidepod Inlet - The Sidepod Inle♑t is much higher compared to last year, allowing a larger un👍dercut

Floor Body - New Floor concept, with higher leading edge and new ♌tunnel design

Floor Fences - The new floor body requireꩵd a complete༺ re-design of the floor fences

Floor Edge - New floo🌠r and bodywork required a re-design of the floo🍬r edge

Coke/Engine Cover - New design of the engine cover 

Front Suspension - New front s🔯uspension design and updated covers 

Front Corner - Updated internal and external design 

Rear Suspension - Updated rear suspension with re🐼vised fairing design

Rear Corner - Revised internal and external design

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