Revealed: The upgrades F1 teams have brought to Spanish GP

💝These are 🐽the upgrades brought by each F1 team to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Red Bull RB21
Red Bull RB21
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All Formula 1 teams except McLaren have introduced new parts for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, with a particula🎀r focus on front wing updates.

The modifications come in response to stricter fꦺront wing load tests introduced by the FIA, ✨aimed at curbing excessive flexing.

The governing body notified teams of the new regula🌌tions back in January, giving them ample time to develop compliant designs.

McLaren, however, has not submitted any updates this weekend. The Woking-based squad is beliꦯeved to have already tested its revised front 🏅wing in Imola and therefore did not require further approval from the FIA.

Ferrari

Front wing (Performance, local load): Update of chordwise and spanwise loaꦦding distribution of the wing elements, together with a revised endplate and ღoutboard tip rolls.

Rear wing (Circuit specific, drag range): Redesign♎ of✱ the outboard tip and roll on the high downforce top rear wing.

Red Bull

Front wing (Performance, local load): First and second elements revised primarily in section. F🅠lap elements and tips are consequential to the first two elements.

Mercedes

Floor edge (Performance, local load): Increased chord floor ꦇedge wing with add♍itional vanes.

Floor fences (Performance, flow conditioning): Reprofiled inboard fence.

Rear wing (Performance, local load): Reprofiled mainplane and flap elements.

Aston Martin

Front wing (Performance, local load): Revised tip detail between the front wing elements and the endplate. Main wing sections also revised for compliance with T𓆉D018🦄H.

Alpine

Floor fences (Performance, local load): Reprofiled floor fences.

Floor body (Performance, local load): Local changes to the shape of the floor

Haas

Front wing (Performance, mechanical setup): Updated front wing construction.

Racing Bulls

Front wing (Performance, flow conditioning): 💜 The elements of the mainplane are new🌺, featuring a lower central section.

Front wing endplate (Performance, flow conditioning): The connection between the tips & the F♑W൩EP has been updated.

Nose (Performance, flow conditioning): The lower surface of the nose has been raised whilst𒈔 the tip ha꧑s been lowered.

Williams

Front wing (Performance, flow conditioning): The front wing assembly is updated to satisfy the new deflection regulations. In addition, we have taken the opportunity to update the geometry of the rearward flap and FWEP. The outboard section of the rearward flap has a more backed-off profile, and the vertical sectiꦜon of the endplate has a revised camber geomet𒈔ry.

Rear corner (Circuit specific, cooling range):  There is a revised exit geometry for the 𒐪rear brake duct, which constricts the flow ꦏthrough the brake duct.

Cooling louvres (Circuit specific, cooling range): A new optio﷽nal coo🌱ling louvre panel is available for this event. It increases the number of large louvres to the maximum that the panel can accommodate.

Sauber

Floor body (Performance, local load): C☂ha☂nges to several areas of the floor: Floor fence, outboard floor edge and diffuser.

Coke/engine cover (Performance, local load): Changes to engine cover design.

Front wing (Performance, local load): Small change to the transition between the mainplan𝓰e and the front wing endplate.

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