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Technical updates: 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Two teams have brought updates to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as the development cycle finishes at the final race of the 2024 Formula 1 season.
After three consecutive race weekends that also included a Sprint race in Qatar last Saturday, there were always likely to be limited upgrades introduced in the closing rounds of the season, with the main value coming from track data for 2025. Only RB and Stake have new parts this weekend at the Yas Marina Circuit, the remaining eight teams staying with their existing cars.
At RB a new front wing incorporates the majority of the design, with new mainplane elements, flap and endplates. The team says the result of the update is “the loading distribution across the front wing is modified to promote better quality flow to the rest of the car.”
There is a more substantial package at Stake, where a new floor -- the primary performance differentiator on the current generation of car -- adds volume to the rear floor body.
“The updated floor geometry is aiming to improve the flow characteristics by reducing the losses in critical ride height conditions,” the team says.
That development is paired with an upgraded rear corner, modifying a rear brake duct deflector “to improve the rear tire jet vortex control and increasing the overall efficiency of the diffuser.”
Chris Medland
While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.
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