Mercedes’ four key changes - including revised sidepods - for F1’s Belgian GP explained
Red Bull
Coke/Engine Cover - A minor revision to change the cooling exits on each side ahead of the upper rear wishbones. The geometric consequences suit the cooling requirements in relativ🔜ely cool ambient conditions typically encountered at the Belgian circu🦄it.
Ferrari
Rear Wing - Specific to lower downforce tracks, this update features depowered Top and Lower Rear Wing profiles in order to adapt to Spa-Francorchamps layout peculiarities and efficiency requirem🍸ents
Mercedes
Sidepod Inlet - Ta💙ller inlet improves flow quality to sidepod radiators, improving engine cooling and allowing less louvres for a given cooling level.
Coke/Engine Cover - Increased🎃 coke side view camber improves onset flow to the rear of t🐽he car, notably the rear wing which gains downforce and drag.
Floor Body - Volume distribution adjusted to extract more local load fr✅om forward floor vortex system, which in turn improves flow to the diffuser.
Rear Wing - Reduced camber and reduced chord upper rear wing with less downforce and drag than standard - suited to low drag track suc🦹h as Spa.
Alpine
Front Wing - Reduced aerodynamic load front win✃g flap to suit the lower downforce level of꧋ Circuit Spa-Francorchamps.
Floor Body - Gains downforce through ꦕthe accumulation of several small local gains resulting from the revised geometries.
McLaren
Beam Wing - A new offloadedꦍ Beamwing geometry, which efficiently trades load from Beamwing to Rear Wing Main Plane and thus reduces aerod🌳ynamic Drag and Load.
Rear Wing Endplate - A modified Rear wing endplate featuring a different sideview sha🍃pe, which reduces Rear Wing Mainplane loading and thus efficiently reduces aerodynamic Drag and Load.
Rear Wing - Two different Trims to the Trailing edge of t༺he Rear Wing Flap Element,🐭 which result in a reduction of aerodynamic Drag and Load.
Alfa Romeo
Front Wing - The updated front wing flaps (available in two🦩 trim options) are designed to balance the rear wings listed below to answer the characteristics of the Spa circuit.
Rear Wing - A low-drag rear wing, featuring bཧoth main plane and endplates, that allows the team to mi🔜nimise drag around the Spa circuit.
Beam Wing - As part of the updated, circuit-specific rear wing▨, the beam wing is available in two versions - with and without an upper element. This is to prepare for the specific requirements of the Spa circuit.
Aston Martin
Floor Edge - Small changes to the features generated fr🌱om the floor edge to improve their interaction and ꧟hence local load on the lower surface of the floor.
Rear Wing - Reduced wing loading and hence drag to suit the characteristics of the circuit, may be used but defined bജy the chosen setup.
Beam Wing - Reduced wing loading and hence drag to sui🔴t the cha🐬racteristics of the circuit, may be used but defined by the chosen setup.
Haas
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AlphaTauri
Rear Wing - The increased size of th🅺e cut-outs give✤s an efficient increase in local load of the upper wing assembly by increasing the tip loading.
Williams
Rear Corner - These work with the rear wing assembly to efficiently change the downforce/drag range of the car for the Belgian Grand Pri🍬x.
Front Wing - This reduces t🃏he front wing loading to suit the lower drag rear wing setup at the Belgian Grand Prix circui꧂t.
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