Summary of updates: all developments introduced by teams since start of 2024 F1 season ahead of Baku

09/11/2024 02:47 AM

With the curtain closing on Monza in Italy, Formula 1 leaves Europe, but updates will continue to arrive until the end of the year. It could not be otherwise with technical regulations remaining largely unchanged in 2025, making next year’s cars direct descendants of the current ones. With 8 Grands Prix still to be raced, more updates are expected from all teams, including those most active in recent weeks on the development front.

The news on return
Upon resuming the championship, McLaren and Ferrari have captured the spotlight not only for their victories at Zandvoort and Monza. In the Netherlands, the Woking team introduced their second major package of the season after Miami, with changes focused on the underbody and the front brake cooling ducts, also useful for tire thermal management. In Italy, it was Ferrari’s turn, with the Reds equipped with new bodywork and underbody to reduce sensitivity to bouncing.

Ferrari and McLaren, however, do not stop here, with their respective Team Principals announcing further updates, similar to Red Bull and Mercedes. The Woking and Maranello teams are also looking optimistically at the super-fast circuits of Baku and Las Vegas, having dedicated low-drag rear wings already used at Spa and Monza, unlike their competitors.

As for the second half of the grid, the last two rounds saw a new underbody for Racing Bulls and a new front wing for Haas. Sauber is also trying with a renewed underbody, while Williams fitted its car with its first real major package of the season. Below is a summary of all the developments introduced since the start of the year.
N.B.: Updates to the underbody may also include flow conveyors and the diffuser.
*: Local adaptations to the type of track

**RED BULL**
Jeddah: rear wing*, beam wing*, hood openings*
Melbourne: /
Suzuka: additional air intakes, bodywork, underbody, front brake ducts*
Shanghai: /
Miami: underbody (removal of a support)
Imola: front wing, nose, underbody, rear wheel groups aerodynamics, rear brake ducts*
Monte Carlo: rear wing*, beam wing*, front brake ducts*, increased steering angle*
Montreal: rear wing flap, front brake ducts
Barcelona: bodywork and air intakes, underbody, beam wing, rear wing endplate
Austria: /
Silverstone: underbody
Budapest: front wing, front brake ducts, bodywork and air intakes*, halo aerodynamics*
Spa: /
Zandvoort: mirrors, halo flap, hood* (for Monza)
Monza: front wing flap*, rear wing flap*

**FERRARI**
Jeddah: rear wing*, beam wing*
Melbourne: rear wing pillar flaps
Suzuka: rear wing*, beam wing*, rear suspension arm fairings
Shanghai: /
Miami: /
Imola: underbody, bodywork, rear wing, front wing flap, rear suspension arm fairings
Monte Carlo: rear wing*, beam wing*
Montreal: /
Barcelona: underbody, bodywork, halo aerodynamics, rear wing*, beam wing*
Austria: /
Silverstone: /
Budapest: underbody (anti-bouncing modification)
Spa: front wing flap*, beam wing*, rear wing*
Zandvoort: /
Monza: underbody, bodywork, front wing flap*, rear wing*, beam wing*

**McLAREN**
Jeddah: rear wing*, beam wing*
Melbourne: /
Suzuka: front brake ducts*
Shanghai: /
Miami: underbody, bodywork, front wing, front brake ducts, front suspension arm fairings
Imola: rear wing*, beam wing*
Monte Carlo: rear wing*, beam wing*
Montreal: /
Barcelona: /
Austria: front wing, front suspension arm fairings
Silverstone: hood*, rear wing*, beam wing*
Budapest: /
Spa: rear wing*, beam wing*, rear wheel groups flap*
Zandvoort: underbody, front brake ducts, front and rear arm covers, rear wing*, beam wing*
Monza: front wing flap*, hood*, front brake ducts*

**MERCEDES**
Jeddah: rear wheel deflectors
Melbourne: /
Suzuka: /
Shanghai: halo aerodynamics
Miami: underbody, front suspension arm fairing, front wing flap*
Imola: underbody, rear wing endplate*, beam wing*, front brake ducts*
Monte Carlo: front wing, underbody, rear wing*
Montreal: front suspension arm fairings, front brake ducts*
Barcelona: /
Austria: beam wing
Silverstone: rear wheel group flap, front brake ducts*, front wing flap*, rear wing flap*
Budapest: rear wheel group flap
Spa: underbody, halo flap, front wing flap*, beam wing*
Zandvoort: /
Monza: rear wing flap*

**ASTON MARTIN**
Jeddah: front brake ducts, rear wing*
Melbourne: front wing flap
Suzuka: underbody
Shanghai: /
Miami: hood*, front wing flap*, rear wing flap*, beam wing*, cockpit cooling*
Imola: front wing, nose, underbody, hood, rear suspension arm fairing
Monte Carlo: beam wing*, rear wing*
Montreal: beam wing
Barcelona: front suspension arm fairings, front brake ducts, rear wheel group flap
Austria: /
Silverstone: front wing, rear wheel group aerodynamics
Budapest: underbody, beam wing, halo aerodynamics, front wing flap*
Spa: /
Zandvoort: /
Monza: front wing flap*, rear wing*, beam wing*

**RACING BULLS**
Jeddah: bodywork, rear wing*, front wing flap*
Melbourne: rear wing
Suzuka: underbody
Shanghai: headrest-cockpit junction
Miami: underbody
Imola: /
Monte Carlo: front arm fairings, rear wing*, beam wing*, front brake ducts*
Montreal: rear wing, front wing flap*
Barcelona: bodywork and air intakes, underbody, rear wing, beam wing*
Austria: rear wheel group flap
Silverstone: halo aerodynamics
Budapest: rear wheel group flap, front brake ducts*
Spa: rear wing*, beam wing*, rear wheel group flap*
Zandvoort: rear brake ducts, rear wheel group flap
Monza: underbody, halo flap, front wing flap*, rear wing*, beam wing*, mirrors*

**HAAS**
Jeddah: /
Melbourne: /
Suzuka: /
Shanghai: underbody, hood outlet, mirrors, rear wheel group aerodynamics
Miami: underbody
Imola: front wing, rear suspension arm fairing
Monte Carlo: front brake ducts*, rear wing*, beam wing*, increased steering angle*
Montreal: front wing flap*
Barcelona: rear impact structure flap
Austria: /
Silverstone: bodywork and air intakes, underbody, mirrors, rear wheel group aerodynamics
Budapest: hood*
Spa: rear wing*, beam wing*
Zandvoort: front wing, nose, front arm fairings, front deflectors
Monza: front arm fairings, front wing flap*

**ALPINE**
Jeddah: /
Melbourne: beam wing
Suzuka: front wing, front brake ducts, beam wing
Shanghai: underbody
Miami: /
Imola: underbody (tie rod addition)
Monte Carlo: halo flap, front wing flap*, rear wing*, beam wing*, increased steering angle*
Montreal: /
Barcelona: /
Austria: /
Silverstone: /
Budapest: rear brake ducts*
Spa: mirrors, front wing flap*, hood*, rear wing*, beam wing*, rear brake ducts*
Zandvoort: front arm fairings, rear wheel group flap
Monza: front wing flap*

**WILLIAMS**
Jeddah: beam wing*, front brake ducts*
Melbourne: rear brake ducts, rear wheel group flap
Suzuka: front wing, rear wing flap*, beam wing*
Shanghai: halo aerodynamics
Miami: front wing flap
Imola: lightened underbody
Monte Carlo: front brake ducts*, rear wing*, beam wing*
Montreal: reduced steering angle, lightened rear pull rod (increased adjustment points)
Barcelona: /
Austria: /
Silverstone: /
Budapest: hood*
Spa: /
Zandvoort: bodywork and air intakes, underbody, roll hoop (lightened)
Monza: front wing flap*, front wing endplate*, rear wing flap*

**SAUBER**
Jeddah: /
Melbourne: front wing and endplate flap
Suzuka: underbody
Shanghai: /
Miami: front wing flap*, rear wing flap*
Imola: underbody
Monte Carlo: front arm fairings, front brake ducts*, beam wing*, rear wing*
Montreal: rear wing*, beam wing*
Barcelona: rear wing, front brake ducts
Austria: beam wing
Silverstone: underbody
Budapest: bodywork and air intakes, underbody, rear brake ducts, rear arm fairings, mirrors, halo flap, rear wheel group aerodynamics, headrest-cockpit junction
Spa: underbody, mirrors, beam wing*, rear wing flap*, front

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