Ferrari are not the only team to have brought a significant update to their car for this weekend’s round of the world championship.
The team ran new parts on its SF-24 during a filming day at its Fiorano circuit last week ahead of its first home race at Imola. However most of their leading rivals have also brought several new parts for their cars as F1 races in Europe, close to their factories, for the first time this year.
Championship leaders Red Bull have confirmed five updates for their RB20. Several of these changes have arisen from CFD analysis of the performance of the front end of the car, which has led Red Bull to revise its nose and front wing.
Red Bull have also reworked their car’s floor, both its main body and the edge, to improve the airflow beneath and from its sides and increase the load it generates. A further change has been made at the rear of the car to improve brake cooling.
Mercedes, who have made an uncompetitive start to the season for the third year in a row, have brought changes intended to improve the overall performance of the W15’s floor. They have also introduced a new specification of rear wing and beam wing intended to suit the demands of the Imola circuit and revised their front brake ducts to improve the air flow through them.
Aston Martin has brought the largest upgrade package this weekend. The revised front wing, which was seen at the track yesterday, distributes the load across the lower surface differently to the previous version, which the team said will “improve performance through the operating range.”
The team has also made extensive changes to their car’s floor and diffuser. The aim of these changes is to “improve the flow field under the floor increasing the local load generated on the lower surface and hence performance,” say the team.
The AMR24 also sports a slightly revised, smaller engine cover which the team expects to be able to use at Imola, where temperatures are typically lower allowing teams to sacrifice car cooling for aerodynamic performance. The fairings around the rear suspension have also been altered to generate more downforce.
Although McLaren brought an extensive and immediately successful upgrade for their MCL38 in Miami, the team has a new rear wing and beam wing designed to suit the Imola track. This is intended to create more load but without sacrificing efficiency, as the circuit has a particularly long acceleration zone leading to Tamburello.
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