Renault introduced this new front wing endplate on Fernando Alonso's car in Germany at the weekend. Notable features are the strange, curved shape at the rear of the endplate and the new longitudinal slot (black arrow), also seen previously on the Toyota. The slot acts as a kind of sealing skirt for...
A new feature on the Toyota in Germany was these triangular strakes on the side of the cockpit, immediately ahead of the sidepods. Their purpose is to realign the airflow and reduce the amount of lift on the top of the leading edge of the sidepod. The team also ran a new, Nurburgring-specific, high...
McLaren introduced what more or less amounts to a 'B version' of the MP4-24 in Germany, with a new front wing, new side pods, new engine cover, new floor (the V-shaped cut-in in front of the rear tyres has gone) and a new rear diffuser, shown here, with a much wider, asymmetric central channel. The...
Ahead of Friday practice in Germany, Ferrari revised the F60's rear diffuser. Felipe Massa ran it in the morning session, both drivers in the afternoon's. The previous version, shown in the left half of this drawing (1), had just one vertical fence. The new version, shown on the right (2), now has...
