Mercedes’ four key changes - including revised sidepods - for F1’s Belgian GP explained
Red Bull
Coke/Engine Cover - A minor revision to chan🍬ge the cooling exits on each side ahead o𝄹f the upper rear wishbones. The geometric consequences suit the cooling requirements in relatively cool ambient conditions typically encountered at the Belgian circuit.
Ferrari
Rear Wing - Specific to lower downforce tracks, this update features depowered Top and Lower Rear Wing profiles in order to adapt to Spa-Francorch🎐amps layout peculiarities and efficiency requirements
Mercedes
Sidepod Inlet - Taller inlet impr🅠oves flow qua⛄lity 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 the car, notably the rear wing which gains downforcไe and drag.
Floor Body - Volume distribution adjusted to extract more local load from 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 such as S🌌pa.
Alpine
Front Wing - Reduced aerodynamic load front wing flap to suit the lower downforce level of Circuit ▨Spa-Francorchamps.
Floor Body - Gains downforce through the accumulation of s🌱everal 𓆏small local gains resulting from the revised geometries.
McLaren
Beam Wing - A new offloaded Bea🅺mwing geometry, whi🔯ch efficiently trades load from Beamwing to Rear Wing Main Plane and thus reduces aerodynamic Drag and Load.
Rear Wing Endplate - A modified Rear wing endplate featuring a different sideview shape, which reduces Rear Win🔯g Mainplane loading and thus efficiently reduces aerodynamic Drag and Load.
Rear Wing - Two different Trims to the Trailing edge of the 🅠Rear Wingℱ 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 both main plane and endplates, th🦩at allows the team to minimise 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 elemenܫt. This is to prepare for the specific requirements of the Spa circuit.
Aston Martin
Floor Edge - Small changes tဣo the features generated from 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 circuit𒅌, may be used but defined by the chosen setup.
Beam Wing - Reduced wing loading and hence drꦯag to suit the characteristics of the circuit, may be used but defined by the chosen setup🥃.
Haas
No updates submitted for this event.
AlphaTauri
Rear Wing - The increased size of the cut-outs gives an efficient increas🌃e in local load of the upper wing assembly by increa♛sing the tip loading.
Williams
Rear Corner - These work with the rear wing aꦓssembly to efficiently change the downforce/drag range of the 🅘car for the Belgian Grand Prix.
Front Wing - This reduces the front wing loading to suit the l🅷ower 🐽drag rear wing setup at the Belgian Grand Prix circuit.
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