No major upgrades for Mercedes or Ferrari as Red Bull introduce new front wing for F1 Australian GP
With Mercedes reportedly lining up significant upgrades for Azerbaijan and Imola, it’s no sꦺurprise that they have no new substantial upgrades for this weekend.
They have made a minor tweak, with vanes🐷 added to the underside of the floor edge to improve flow to to the rear of the floor and diffuser.
It’s a similar story at Ferrari, who have endured a stuttering start to F1 2023.
Both teams are working hard to turn their seasons around given the substꦡantial deficit to Red Bull.
With fundamental car changes on the way for Mercedes and Ferrari, we will have to wait a bit longeꦛr to see any big modifications.
Aston Martin and Haas are theꦆ other twoℱ teams without any new parts.
Reigning world champions Red Bull have a new front wing for this weeke🌺nd at Albert Park.
The team have also changed a part of the wheelꦅ bodywork around the rear tyres in a bid to improve cooling.
Red Bull
Front wing endplate - The surfaces of the front wing end plate 🌄have become more cambered.
Front wing - Elements three and four of the front wing have been🐟 revised to increase the chord length and 🦋or local camber.
Rear corner - Changes🥀 to the portion of the wheel bodywork which wraps around the side of the rear tyre.
McLaren
Engine cover ♌- Red꧒uced size engine cover to increase aerodynamic efficiency.
Diffuser - Modified floor fences.
AlphaTauri
Floor body - The floor body has been modified in the area behind the floor fences. The changes have be🗹en made to improve load under the floor.
Floor fences - All of the fences on the forward flꦺoor have been modified. This has been done to help reduce “junction losses” between the fences and floor body.
Floor edge - C𒉰hanges to have a continuous “shredd⛦ing edge” in a bid to improve consistency and increase of local load.
Diffuser - Modi🐬fication to the diffu🎶ser roof to have an increase in planview curvature.
Alfa Romeo
Nose - Redesigned nose cone area𒉰 to improve the overall balance of the car.
Front wing - All elements have been reprofiled.
Sidepod inlet - Changes to the reaඣr-view mirror to allow better control of airflow towards the rear of the car.
Williams
Front🌟 wing - A new iteration of the front wing flap to better suit the aerobalance of Albert Park.
Rear wing endplate - An additional flow control device has been added to i꧙mprove the flow around the rear of the car.
Alpine
Halo - Revised halo fairing detail to provide a “small improveme🦋nt" to improve airflow at the rear.
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