{"id":806067,"date":"2026-07-17T12:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/806067\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:26:22","slug":"f1-teams-declare-21-upgrades-for-belgian-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/806067\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 teams declare 21 upgrades for Belgian GP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formula 1 teams have brought a combined 21 upgrades to Spa as the relentless development of the new 2026 cars continues.<\/p>\n

Ferrari, unusually for the 2026 season, and Aston Martin, very typically for the 2026 season, are the only teams not to bring upgrades.<\/p>\n

Mercedes has an interesting tweak to keep an eye on, while the midfield-leading Racing Bulls might have the most intriguing package to view, and Haas has a very unusual-looking development.<\/p>\n

Starting at the front with Mercedes, it\u2019s\u00a0brought a tweaked front wing endplate with increased top-edge camber,\u00a0with the aim of improving\u00a0airflow to the rear of the car.<\/p>\n

Cadillac has also made a similar change – but has also revised the footplate surfaces and added the typical horizontal vane that sticks out from the endplate – to its front\u00a0wing,\u00a0the team\u2019s sole change here.<\/p>\n

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Back to Mercedes, it has also tweaked its rear drum winglets to help those work in a wider performance window,\u00a0and it’s\u00a0one of many teams to make a Spa-specific rear-wing change to reduce downforce and drag for Spa\u2019s long straights.<\/p>\n

All four of the Racing\u00a0Bulls\u00a0tweaks are not labelled as circuit-specific. These include modified sidepod bodywork, a revision to its bulbous roll hoop inlet, front brake drum changes for airflow purposes and a new upper rear wing assembly. The latter is aimed at improving the efficiency of downforce on the car.<\/p>\n

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Two of Haas\u2019s four changes are also not labelled as circuit-specific.<\/p>\n

The front wing gets a revised endplate, pylon geometry and changes to the actual profile of the\u00a0wing are all\u00a0aimed at improving downforce efficiency across its operating window.<\/p>\n

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It’s a very unusual-looking upgrade with an intricate design where the nose meets the wing\u00a0assembly, with\u00a0a sort of J-shaped assembly that rival teams will surely\u00a0be looking to investigate,\u00a0as it looks like a unique development\u00a0as far as these rules go.<\/p>\n

A geometry change to the deflector on the front end is also available,\u00a0and a lower downforce rear wing, which are both\u00a0aimed at Spa.<\/p>\n

Haas appears to have removed the exhaust wing tip cover. <\/p>\n

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Williams has a rear brake duct winglet tweak and a trim for the floor, which are both Spa-specific, but it\u00a0has also\u00a0altered the floor profile generally, adding volume to the central part of the diffuser.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0already knew\u00a0McLaren would have a new rear wing assembly to try at this race, and it has also made a revision to the endplate to improve airflow.<\/p>\n

Audi has tweaked a diffuser winglet as part of what it calls an \u201congoing aerodynamic development programme\u201d. It also has the customary Spa rear wing tweaks.<\/p>\n

That leaves Alpine, Cadillac and Red Bull with one update apiece.<\/p>\n

Red Bull had already confirmed\u00a0its\u00a0\u2018Macarena\u2019 wing would be dropped for this event. It has also revised the pylons to extract more load.<\/p>\n

Alpine is the only team to make a halo change, adding a winglet to improve airflow to the rear of the car.<\/p>\n

Number of declared changes<\/p>\n

Haas 4
Racing Bulls 4
Mercedes 3
Williams 3
Audi 2
McLaren 2
Alpine 1
Cadillac 1
Red Bull 1
Ferrari 0
Aston Martin 0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 teams have brought a combined 21 upgrades to Spa as the relentless development of the new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-806067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}