Qatar GP: F1 tech images from the pitlane explained

Red Bull Racing RB19 detail

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More cooling capacity is being employed by Red Bull in Qatar, with more louvres opened up in the engine cover panel than usual.

Red Bull Racing RB19 detail

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A close up of the newer specification floor edge wing that Red Bull introduced in Singapore, shelved for that race given the challenges they faced and then reintroduced in Japan.

Red Bull Racing RB19 detail

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The rear section of the edge wing, which has four support brackets that are specifically shaped and organized in order that they offer the best aerodynamic performance.

Red Bull Racing RB19 detail

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An overview of the outer floor fence, forward section of the floor and the notably the interface panel with the side of the chassis.

Red Bull Racing RB19 detail

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A close up of the RB19’s front wing, which has a twisted and cambered endplate, while the flaps are tightly wound in the outermost section to help promote more outwash.

Red Bull Racing RB19 detail

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An overview of the RB19’s rear end, with the open-ended rear wing tip section back in service for Qatar.

Ferrari SF-23 detail

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Comparatively a shot of the Ferrari SF-23 rear end, which has opted not to use its version of the open-ended rear wing tip section solution.

Ferrari SF-23 detail

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A front view of the Ferrari rear wing which also has a Gurney flap applied to the trailing edge of the upper flap.

Ferrari SF-23 detail

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A close up of the outer section of the front wing flap and endplate junction on the Ferrari SF-23, which shows how the elements are flared outward to help generate more outwash.

Ferrari SF-23 detail

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An overview of the front floor on the Ferrari SF-23, with those surfaces, including the fences adjusted at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Ferrari SF-23 detail

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Ferrari also made changes at the rear of its floor in Japan, with the tyre spat region ahead of the rear tyre seeing its geometry altered, while the shape of the floor’s sidewall was also modified.

Mercedes W14 detail, Ferrari SF-23 detail

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Having garages next to one another gives us an opportunity to see the contrasting design decisions taken with the nose and front wing on the Mercedes W14 and Ferrari SF-23, even if they are stored at different angles.

Aston Martin AMR23 detail

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A look at the front section of floor on the Aston Martin AMR23, including the outer floor fence, with its arched stepdown, while it’s also clear to see the blister created by the floor to chassis interface panel and the blister used to hide the lower SIS within the floor assembly.

Aston Martin AMR23 detail

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Aston Martin has also opted not to use its open-ended rear wing tip section in Qatar but remains the only team to have added a heavily sculpted swage line to the inside face of their endplate to assist with upwash.

AlphaTauri AT04 detail

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AlphaTauri has a relatively short outer floor fence when compared with some of its rivals, although the angle does add further deception to just how short it is. Also note how the inboard fences are also twisted from vertical.

AlphaTauri AT04 detail

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The AT04 is also set up with the open-ended tip section solution, as the team looks for the right balance between downforce and drag.

Williams FW45 detail

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Williams’s rear wing endplate features the upwash swage line that we first saw on the Aston Martin AMR23 and Alpine A523 at the start of the season.

Williams FW45 detail

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Williams is yet to follow in the footsteps of the rest of the grid that have adopted the open-ended tip section to their rear wing, although the FW45 has proved to be an aerodynamically efficient challenger nonetheless.

Williams FW45 detail

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This is perhaps in part due to the way Williams pairs its upper elements with the beam wing, with the team once again opting for a single element in Qatar, albeit one of the larger variants within their suite.

Williams FW45 detail

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A good overview of the floor’s front section and the outer fence, especially as it shows the surface contours being used.

Alpine A523 extra cooling detail

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Alpine utilised more cooling during FP1 in Qatar to help reduce wear on the power unit, while also testing the operating parameters it affords in preparation for the Mexican Grand Prix.

Red Bull Racing RB19 with flow-vis paint

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Flow-vis paint applied to the leading-edge panel on the Red Bull RB19’s sidepod as the team continues to study areas of the car where updates were made this season.

Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB19, with flo-viz

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Flow-vis was also applied to other areas of the car during FP1, including the beam wing, shown here and the rear wing upper elements on both cars at a later point in the session.

Alfa Romeo C43 rear

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Alfa Romeo is the latest team to add an upwash swage line on the external face of its rear wing endplate in Qatar, with the beam wing layout also adjusted to work in unison with it.

Alpine A523 rear

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A look at the bi-plane style beam wing arrangement being utilised by Alpine.

Red Bull Racing RB19 extra cooling detail

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To accompany the extra cooling on the engine cover, Red Bull has also deployed a smaller cooling panel with louvres on the upper surface of the sidepod.