With ten Grands Prix completed, it’s time for the paddock to take stock of development. Among the top teams, Mercedes and Red Bull have been most active in development, though significant updates also arrived at Ferrari and McLaren. Several midfield teams, notably Sauber and Aston Martin, have also introduced packages whose significance goes beyond mere on-track gains.
Springtime updates
McLaren’s evolutionary programme is particularly interesting. The MCL39 keeps the same floor specification used at the start of the season, but features targeted updates elsewhere. In Canada, a new front suspension debuted to improve front-end feedback and reduce handling issues over a single lap. The rear wing and beam wing were updated, as were the rear brake-cooling ducts—areas also addressed by Ferrari and Red Bull at Imola. Over the past two months, Red Bull updated the floor in Miami and both the floor and bodywork in Imola.
After a slow start, Mercedes’ development took off in May. Updates to the W16 include a new floor introduced in Spain and refined in Canada, and a revised rear suspension that returned in Montreal after factory evaluation following its debut at Imola. Noteworthy are also Sauber’s floor update in Barcelona—yielding two consecutive points finishes—and Aston Martin’s Imola package, the first to be tested in their own wind tunnel.
New front wings
Technical directives that came into force in Spain prompted a general refresh of front wings. Ferrari and Red Bull took this opportunity to revise geometries, as did Mercedes, which had initially planned to debut the new wing at Imola. McLaren simply added two extra supports and brought an experimental version of the front wing to Canada, tested only in the first practice session.
Below is a breakdown of all updates announced by teams since the start of the year. Note that some modifications are simply track‑specific adaptations—especially for Monaco, where nearly every team increases steering angles, enlarges brake-cooling ducts and uses maximum-downforce wings.
McLaren
Australia: front brake ducts
China: rear‑wheel assembly appendages
Japan: /
Bahrain: front‑wheel assembly deflectors
Saudi Arabia: diffuser and rear‑wheel assembly appendages
Miami: /
Imola: rear brake ducts, rear suspension‑arm fairings, rear wing, beam wing, front suspension changes
Monaco: rear wing, beam wing, front suspension changes, larger front brake ducts
Spain: /
Canada: front wing (experimental), rear wing, front suspension changes
Ferrari
Australia: /
China: /
Japan: /
Bahrain: floor, diffuser, rear‑wing pylon
Saudi Arabia: rear wing, beam wing, rear DRS flap
Miami: /
Imola: rear brake ducts, rear wing and beam wing
Monaco: front suspension changes, larger front brake ducts, beam wing, rear wing
Spain: front wing, rear wing
Canada: /
Red Bull
Australia: front wing, floor (already at tests)
China: /
Japan: engine cover, rear brake cooling, rear‑arm fairings
Bahrain: front‑wing flaps, engine‑cover cooling inlets
Saudi Arabia: engine cover, beam wing
Miami: floor
Imola: side‑radiator inlets, rear brake ducts, rear‑arm fairings
Monaco: rear wing, beam wing, front suspension changes, larger front brake ducts
Spain: front wing
Canada: /
Mercedes
Australia: /
China: /
Japan: /
Bahrain: /
Saudi Arabia: /
Miami: rear‑wing flap
Imola: front‑arm fairings, front wing, engine cover, new rear suspension
Monaco: /
Spain: floor, rear wing
Canada: floor, larger front brake ducts
Aston Martin
Australia: /
China: /
Japan: /
Bahrain: rear‑wing DRS flap
Miami: rear wing, beam wing, front‑wing flap
Imola: floor, diffuser, bodywork, halo aerodynamics, beam wing
Monaco: rear wing, front‑wing flap, larger rear brake ducts
Spain: front wing
Canada: larger front brake ducts
Alpine
Australia: /
China: /
Japan: /
Bahrain: /
Saudi Arabia: /
Miami: front brake ducts, front‑arm fairings
Imola: front wing, engine cover
Monaco: front suspension changes, rear wing, beam wing
Spain: floor
Canada: front‑wing flap
Haas
Australia: /
China: /
Japan: floor modifications
Bahrain: engine cover
Saudi Arabia: double rear wing since 2024, front‑wing flap
Miami: /
Imola: floor, diffuser, rear brake ducts, rear‑arm fairings
Monaco: front suspension changes, rear wing, beam wing
Spain: front wing
Canada: /
Racing Bulls
Australia: /
China: high‑downforce beam wing
Japan: /
Bahrain: /
Saudi Arabia: rear wing, beam wing, front‑wing flap
Miami: /
Imola: floor, bodywork
Monaco: rear wing, beam wing, larger front brake ducts
Spain: front wing
Canada: front‑wing flap, rear‑wing endplate
Williams
Australia: /
China: beam wing
Japan: front‑wing flap and endplate
Bahrain: /
Saudi Arabia: /
Miami: beam wing
Imola: /
Monaco: front suspension changes, larger front brake ducts, rear wing, beam wing
Spain: front wing, rear brake ducts, cooling inlets
Canada: /
Sauber
Australia: front wing, sidepods
China: experimental engine cover
Japan: floor and diffuser, rear wing, beam wing
Bahrain: /
Saudi Arabia: floor, rear wing, beam wing, front‑wing flap
Miami: front‑arm fairings
Imola: /
Monaco: rear wing, larger front brake ducts
Spain: floor, bodywork, front wing
Canada: /
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