F1: McLaren, Alpine, Alfa Romeo and AlphaTauri bring big upgrades
The McLaren, Alpine, Alfa Romeo and AlphaTauri F1 teams have brought big upgrade packages to the Singapore GP in the hope of performance gains.
–by Mark Cipolloni–
Here is a list of the upgrades as published by the FIA and provided to them by the teams.
Red Bull
Floor Edge – More camber in the forward portion of the floor edge wing
Rear Wing End plate – The end of the flap element has a revised curl detail.
Ferrari
Front Wing – Reprofiled front wing flap
Mercedes
Front Corner – Large front brake duct inlet and exit.
Alpine
Sidepod Inlet – Raised and staggered sidepod inlet along with increased undercut and revised mirror housing stay and winglets
Cooling Louvres – Connected to the above – revised cooling louvres to bring appropriate level of cooling with the new bodywork
Beam Wing – Taller lip on the trailing edge of the beam wing
McLaren
Front Wing End plate – New End plate Geometry
Sidepod Inlet – New Sidepod Inlet Shape
Halo – New Halo Furniture
Floor Body – Fully revised Floor
Coke/Engine Cover – Reshaped Sidepod and Engine Cover
Rear Corner – Revised Rear Brake Duct Geometry
Rear Suspension – Modified Rear Toelink shroud
Rear Wing Endplate – Updated Rear Wing Endplate Geometry
Beam Wing – More Loaded Beam Wing Geometry
Alfa Romeo
Floor Fences – Redesigned floor fences and floor geometry
Diffuser – Updated diffuser expansion
Rear Corner – Redesigned rear brake duct geometry, as well as realigned the suspension covers
Front Wing – Updated front wing flaps
Aston Martin
Rear Corner – The lower edge of the lower deflector has a revised profile within the allowable region for modifications.
Haas
No updates submitted for this event.
AlphaTauri
Floor Body – Relative to the baseline geometry, the rear central floor has been modified.
Floor Edge – Relative to the baseline geometry, the floor edge local to the trailing edge of the forward floor fences has been modified. The rear floor edge and floor edge wing have also been revised.