77 points separate Max and Lando as we begin H2 of the 2024 F1 Season. McLaren has practically redesigned their cars for the Dutch GP with an onslaught of upgrades that you should check out.
The redesigned Front Brake Scoop results in an improvement of overall flow conditions downstream yielding a gain of aerodynamic load without compromising brake cooling performance.
Revised Front Suspension
To suit the altered flow conditions resulting from the new front brake scoop geometry, the front suspension has been modified, complementing the beneficial effect downstream.
Revised Floor Edge
The Floor Edge modification improves both local load generation around the floor edge as well as flow conditioning improving overall floor performance.
Modified Rear Suspension
The revised rear suspension shape results in an improvement of flow conditioning around the rear corner, diffuser and beam wing area.
New Higher Downforce Rear Wing
Suitable to the isochronal of this circuit, a completely new rear wing assembly has been designed, increasing overall wing efficiency.
New Higher Downforce Beam Wing
As required by the difference in Rear Wing Design, a new Beam Wing, suitable for the new high downforce Rear Wing Mainplane and Flap has been designed.
2024 Dutch GP Upgrades Redbull Racing
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Coke/Engine Cover
Cooling requirements for upcoming races imply the central exit can be narrower which cascades into the quarter panel to reduce blockage.
Halo
To improve the total pressure downstream of the floor's upper surfaces by better alignment to the local flow conditions.
Mirror stays
To improve the total pressure available downstream along the sidepod and to the floor's upper surface again by better alignment to the local flow conditions.
2024 Dutch GP Upgrades Williams Racing
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Floor Body
We have reprofiled the front of the floor body and the local fence curvatures to offer a local load improvement and to also enhance the onset flow to the new floor edge wing geometry.
Diffuser
Detail changes at the front of the floor have also created opportunities for flow field improvements to the rear of the car, which in turn have allowed us to extract more performance in this local area.
Sidepod inlet
The modifications to the sidepod inlet region have offered improvements in loss management from the front of the car and thus have unlocked performance improvements to the rest of the car.
Coke / Engine Cover
The changes to the sidepod and engine cover have been designed to complement and enhance the flow field improvements which have been unlocked from the previously described floor development work.
Central air intake
The primary purpose of this update is to remove mass from the primary roll hoop structure. This has also permitted some optimisation to the associated aero surfaces, which are designed to compliment the flow field improvements from the Sidepod Inlet and Coke/Engine Cover updates
2024 Dutch GP Upgrades BWT Alpine
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Front Suspension
This updated upper leg suspension profile brings a better flow control and a healthier flow towards the rear of the car for an aero-performance benefit.
Rear Brake Duct furniture
The rear brake duct furniture has been updated with a new winglets arrangement in order to trade downforce and drag more efficiently
2024 Dutch GP Upgrades VCARB
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The geometry of the brake duct & winglets has been updated.
Lower brake cooling requirements allow duct area to be reduced, creating additional space for downforce-generating devices.
2024 Moneygram Haas F1 Team
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New camber distribution, reduced inboard, and increased mid-span
This new load distribution reduced the FW load IB, favoring cleaner flow along the nose/chassis and concentrating the front load mid-span. The connection to the endplate was also revised because of the new profiles.
Nose
To achieve a cleaner central flow, the nose covers now also the first element of the Front Wing. In conjunction with the new Front Wing, this allows to achieve a more efficient central flow, delivering higher energy to the floor/bodywork.
Front Suspension
Because of the revised Front Wing and Nose the upper wishbone needed a re-profiling to comply with the new incoming flow.
Front Corner
Because of the revised Front Wing and Nose the vertical deflector of the Front Corner needed to be re-aligned.
Mercedes, Aston Martin, Scuderia Ferrari, and Stake will start the second half of the 2024 F1 season without any upgrades.
