Just one week after the last race in Spain, seven Formula 1 teams have brought updates for their cars for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.
The Monte-Carlo circuit is the slowest on the calendar and features the tightest corner on the schedule, the sharp left-hander which leads drivers past the Fairmont Hotel, formerly known as Loews.
While several teams have added new parts for this event, Ferrari, Aston Martin and Alfa Romeo have not brought any upgrades or specification changes compared to past rounds. Here’s what their rivals have introduced in Monaco.
Mercedes
Front wing endplate
Reason for change: Performance – local load
Difference: “Lower outboard corner of front wing end plate radius altered.”
Description: “This is a minor change to the geometry of the front wing endplate that generates a small improvement in local load.”
Front corner
Reason for change: Circuit specific – cooling range
Difference: “Larger cake tin duct exit.”
Description: “The larger exit for this circuit in particular generates increased cooling flow for the brake discs and callipers, which is particularly important in Monaco given the low average speeds.”
Red Bull
Front Suspension
Reason for change: Performance – mechanical set-up
Difference: “Revised steering geometry.”
Description: “Monaco circuit presents the tightest corners of the year and steering geometry is allowed to reach the required lock for this event.”
Front Corner
Reason for change: Reliability
Difference: “revised front wheel bodywork geometry”
Description: “Changes offer more front brake system cooling flow to counter the low average airspeed of the Monaco event and the likelihood of running in traffic.”
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McLaren
Rear Corner
Reason for change: Circuit-specific – cooling range
Difference: “Increased Brake Cooling Exit.”
Description: “A larger rear corner cooling exit, that has been deployed to cover the high brake energies expected at this…