The 2023 Formula 1 season has been particularly dynamic concerning car development, even more so than the previous championship, especially for the mid-to-lower-ranked teams. At the forefront, Red Bull has been conservative in the updates developed at the factory, confident in its superiority, allowing resources to be redirected early to the 2024 F1 project. The development of the world champions primarily focuses on the Baku and Budapest stages, where new sidepods accompanied by updates to the floor arrive, and in the Barcelona race, where a new diffuser makes its debut. The last significant update to the RB19 comes in the Singapore Grand Prix, introducing a new floor.
The Pursuers
The most significant package for Ferrari in the season is at the Spanish Grand Prix, where the SF-23 renews its bodywork in the direction of Red Bull-style sliding sidepods. However, development work in Maranello mainly focuses on the floor, introducing new versions in Jeddah, Miami, Barcelona, Austria, and Suzuka, the latter being the novelty that concludes Ferrari’s 2023 development. Mercedes continues to evolve the W14 until the United States Grand Prix, where a new floor makes its debut. Development in Brackley begins with the substantial update package in Monte Carlo, where the front suspension is also renewed. Additionally, a new slanted sidepod bodywork debuts in the Principality, later refined with the updates in Spa.
McLaren is the protagonist of block-by-block development, with updates concentrated in a few but significant packages. The stages marking the evolution of the MCL60 are Baku, followed by the Austria-Silverstone doubleheader, and finally, the floor-bodywork package introduced between Singapore and Suzuka. However, for frequency and the number of changes, the most active team during the year is AlphaTauri, which introduces an entirely new floor even in the last race in Abu Dhabi. Here is the list of all updates and tech innovations brought by the teams during the 2023 Formula 1 season:
**Red Bull**
– Bahrain: /
– Jeddah: Rear wing, beam wing
– Australia: Front wing, rear brake air intake aerodynamics
– Baku: Side radiator air intakes, side edge of the floor, Venturi channel bargeboards, rear wheel flaps
– Miami: /
– Monaco: Rear wing
– Barcelona: Floor, diffuser
– Canada: Front wing
– Austria: Rear suspension fairings
– Silverstone: Front brake cooling ducts
– Budapest: Hood and side radiator air intakes, floor, front and rear brake cooling ducts, rear wheel aerodynamics
– Spa: Hood (reduced rear cooling)
– Zandvoort: Beam wing
– Monza: Adjustable front wing flaps, movable rear wing flaps
– Singapore: Floor, endplate-rear wing junction
– Suzuka: /
– Qatar: /
– Austin: /
– Mexico: Cooling outlets
– Brazil: /
– Las Vegas: /
– Abu Dhabi: /
**Ferrari**
– Bahrain: High-downforce rear wing
– Jeddah: Front wing, floor, beam wing
– Australia: /
– Baku: Low-downforce rear wing
– Miami: Floor, Venturi channels, diffuser
– Monaco: Rear wing
– Barcelona: Floor, sidepods, hood, rear wing
– Canada: /
– Austria: Front wing, Venturi channel bargeboards, floor, undercut sidepods, diffuser
– Silverstone: Beam wing
– Budapest: Front wing
– Spa: Rear wing
– Zandvoort: /
– Monza: Rear wing, adjustable front wing flaps
– Singapore: Adjustable front wing flaps
– Suzuka: Floor, from flow conditioners to the diffuser
– Qatar: /
– Austin: /
– Mexico: Cooling outlets
– Brazil: /
– Las Vegas: /
– Abu Dhabi: /
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**Mercedes**
– Bahrain: Rear wing
– Jeddah: Venturi channel bargeboards, rear wing flap
– Australia: /
– Baku: Rear wheel deflectors, front brake duct exit section, suspension triangle fairing
– Miami: /
– Monaco: Repositioning of the front upper suspension triangle, sidepods, radiator inlets, hood, vertical floor strakes, rear wing, rear wheel aerodynamics
– Barcelona: Mirror aerodynamics, outer diffuser panels
– Canada: Removal of lower mirror vanes
– Austria: /
– Silverstone: Front wing
– Budapest: Slimming down the front suspension mounts, front wing endplates, rear wing endplates
– Spa: Side air intakes, sidepods, floor, rear wing
– Zandvoort: Floor, beam wing, mirror supports
– Monza: Beam wing, rear wing
– Singapore: Front wing endplate, side radiator inlets, bodywork, rear wing flap, suspension rear arms fairing, rear brake cooling
– Suzuka: Rear wing endplate
– Qatar: /
– Austin: Floor
– Mexico: /
– Brazil: /
– Las Vegas: /
– Abu Dhabi: /
**Alpine**
– Bahrain: Front wing
– Jeddah: Beam wing
– Australia: Halo flow deviators
– Baku: Low-downforce rear wing
– Miami: Alternative configuration for the body work cooling panel
– Baku: Floor, rear wing, low-downforce front wing flap
– Miami: /
– Monaco: Fairing for front suspension elements, floor, sidepods, rear wing, beam wing
– Barcelona: /
– Canada: Rear wing, fairings for rear suspension elements
– Austria: /
– Silverstone: Front wing
– Budapest: Front wing flap
– Spa: Floor, front wing flap
– Zandvoort: /
– Monza: Beam wing
– Singapore: Side radiator inlets, rearview mirrors, bodywork, beam wing
– Suzuka: /
– Qatar: Outer diffuser panels, rear wheel aerodynamics, cooling grilles
– Austin: /
– Mexico: Hood and cooling outlets
– Brazil: /
– Las Vegas: Flaps adjustable front wing, beam wing, removal of rear wheel aerodynamics flaps
– Abu Dhabi: /
**McLaren**
– Bahrain: /
– Jeddah: Diffuser, rear wing
– Australia: Narrowed hood, testing on Venturi channel bargeboards
– Baku: Floor, Venturi channels and diffuser, beam wing and low-downforce rear wing
– Miami: /
– Monaco: Rear wheel aerodynamics, rear wing, beam wing
– Barcelona: Front brake air intakes
– Canada: Rear wing, beam wing
– Austria: Radiator ducts, sidepods, floor, cooling grilles, halo aerodynamics
– Silverstone: Front wing, rear wheel aerodynamics, fairings for rear suspension elements
– Budapest: /
– Spa: Rear wing, beam wing
– Zandvoort: Rear wing, beam wing
– Monza: Adjustable front wing flaps, rear wing, rear wheel aerodynamics, front brake air intakes
– Singapore: Front wing endplate, side radiator inlets, bodywork, halo flap, floor, endplate-rear wing junction, fairing for rear suspension arms, rear brake cooling, beam wing
– Suzuka: Beam wing, contour of side radiator inlets
– Qatar: /
– Austin: /
– Mexico: Hood, front brake air intakes
– Brazil: /
– Las Vegas: Movable rear wing flap, beam wing
– Abu Dhabi: /
**Alfa Romeo**
– Bahrain: Downwash bodywork on either side of the nose
– Jeddah: Front wing flap, rear wing
– Australia: Front wing and nose, rearview mirror supports
– Baku: Rear wing, beam wing, low-downforce front wing flap
– Miami: Beam wing configuration without flap
– Monaco: Floor, hood, fairing for rear suspension elements, rear brake air intakes, rear wing, beam wing
– Barcelona: /
– Canada: /
– Austria: /
– Silverstone: Floor, Venturi channel grilles, diffuser, fairings for rear suspension elements, rear brake cooling ducts
– Budapest: /
– Spa: Rear wing, beam wing, front wing flap
– Zandvoort: /
– Monza: Rear wing, fairing for attachment points of front suspension arms to the chassis
– Singapore: Floor from flow conditioners to the diffuser, rear brake cooling, front wing flap
– Suzuka: /
– Qatar: Beam wing
– Austin: Outer edge of the floor
– Mexico: Rear brake air intakes
– Brazil: /
– Las Vegas: /
– Abu Dhabi: Front wing.
Aston Martin
Bahrain: /
Jeddah: front wing flap, rear wing flap, beam wing.
Australia: /
Baku: rear wing with low downforce.
Miami: alternative configuration for the body cooling panel.
Monaco: fairing for front and rear suspension arms, front wheel group deflector, rear wing.
Barcelona: front wing and nose, rear wing endplate, beam wing.
Canada: floor, radiator inlets, sidepods, hood.
Austria: /
Silverstone: front wing, rear brake cooling ducts.
Budapest: hood (wider rear cooling outlet).
Spa: floor, beam wing, rear wing flap.
Zandvoort: floor, from flow conditioners to diffuser.
Monza: movable rear wing flap.
Singapore: rear wheel deflectors.
Suzuka: front brake cooling.
Qatar: /
Austin: floor, diffuser, sidepods, beam-wing.
Mexico: /
Brazil: /
Las Vegas: adjustable front wing flaps, low-cooling hood.
Abu Dhabi: beam-wing, rear wing.
AlphaTauri
Bahrain: /
Jeddah: rear wing.
Australia: Venturi channel, Venturi vanes, floor, diffuser.
Baku: beam wing, rear wing and low downforce front wing flap, low-cooling hood, air intakes and appendages for rear wheel groups.
Miami: vortex generators on front wing endplate, fairing for rearview mirrors.
Monaco: floor and vertical Venturi grid, diffuser, sidepod radiator inlets, sidepods, rear wing.
Barcelona: rear wing.
Canada: front wing flap.
Austria: rear wing and beam wing.
Silverstone: floor, Venturi channel grid, diffuser, hood, rear wing, beam wing, fairing for rear suspension elements.
Budapest: front wing and nose, floor, rear wing endplate.
Spa: rear wing endplate.
Zandvoort: rear wing endplate.
Monza: front wing flap, beam wing, rear brake cooling, rearview mirror supports.
Singapore: floor from flow conditioners to diffuser, sidepod radiator inlets, bodywork, fairing for rear suspension arms, rear brake cooling, mirror aerodynamics.
Suzuka: /
Qatar: front edge of the floor.
Austin: floor and Venturi channels, rear wheel aerodynamics, external surfaces of the front frame.
Mexico: hood, front brake cooling ducts.
Brazil: /
Las Vegas: /
Abu Dhabi: floor and Venturi channels.
Williams
Bahrain: rear wing (double configuration), beam-wing.
Jeddah: front wing Gurney flap, hood, rear appendages, front brake duct outlets, beam-wing.
Australia: medium-load front wing flap, rear wing endplate.
Baku: low downforce beam wing (double configuration), lower nose fairing.
Miami: /
Monaco: rear wing, beam wing.
Barcelona: front wing, hood.
Canada: floor, hood, sidepods, rear wheel aerodynamics, halo aerodynamics, fairing for rear suspension elements, rearview mirror aerodynamics, rear wing endplate.
Austria: floor, front suspension fairing.
Silverstone: front wing, beam wing.
Budapest: /
Spa: rear wheel aerodynamics, front wing flap.
Zandvoort: /
Monza: adjustable front wing flaps.
Singapore: adjustable front wing flaps.
Suzuka: Venturi channel flow conditioners (floor).
Qatar: /
Austin: /
Mexico: hood, cooling outlets.
Brazil: /
Las Vegas: /
Abu Dhabi: /
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