2014 F1 development race: Who did what?

Formula 1 teams are notorious for their relentless search for tenths of seconds. Having rounded off the first part of the season, we take a look at the most obvious developments shown on some of the leading teams' cars.

Please note that this list only contains the main developments to give an impression what certain teams have been concentrating on. They have brought much more new parts than listed below.

Mercedes AMG F1

Malaysian GP:

Bahrain GP: Modified front wing - new vertical vortex generators

Chinese GP: Shorter nose cone by approximately 7cm; Modified barge boards with an additional mini flap

Spanish GP: Additional mini turning vane to the outer skirt of the main air intake; Modified front wing with an additional fin on the main plane; Modified barge boards with an additional slot in the main element

Monaco GP: Modified bigger money seat; Modified front push rod; Modified front wing: additional mini flap

Canadian GP: Asymmetrical front brake ducts

Austrian GP: New double monkey seat with a much more curved posterior element

British GP: Modified turning vanes beneath the nose cone

German GP: Changes to the gear box

Hungarian GP: Tiny changes to the front end suspension to cope with the removal of FRIC

Red Bull Racing

Malaysian GP: New front wing - more complex in terms of separation of air

Bahrain GP: New nose without front wing exclusively designed for pit stop practise; New T-tray; New front wing: main plane and five flaps without upper flaps; Modified rear brake ducts and support flaps; Modified rear wing; Modified front brake ducts – two additional mini turning vanes

Chinese GP: Modified front wing: after the wing without any upper flaps the team returned to the conventional wing with upper elements; New slot in the floor in front of the rear tyres; New front brake ducts

Spanish GP: New nose cone: slightly bigger dip in the vanity panel; New front wing with a modified upper flap; New turning vanes under the nose

Monaco GP: New double Monkey seat; New outboard housing for the front cameras

Canadian GP: New Brembo brake disc s exclusively designed for Red Bull Racing; Modified rear wing endplates: one long vertical and three short horizontal slots; Modified nosecone; Lower downforce front wing

Austrian GP: Modified floor – two additional vertical vortex generators in front of the rear tyres; Modified rear bodywork with tighter rear end around the tail pipe

British GP: New mono-pillar for the rear wing; Modified rear wing end plate: introduction of large vertical slot; New front wing wint modified upper fins

German GP: Returning to conventional front wheel nuts after using blown ones; New front wing with modified end plates which was sidelined for qualfying after initial tests; New rear wing with modified DRS activator housing, modified rear wing support pillar and additional slots on the end plate

Hungarian GP: High downforce front wing with modified main plane and top flap of bigger surface; High downforce rear wing with additional horizontal element

Ferrari

Malaysian GP: Air outlets on the upper leading edge of the engine cover; Two different brake housings

Bahrain GP: New L-shaped turning vanes around the outer air boxes

Chinese GP: Blown wheel nuts

Spanish GP: New mono-pillar rear wing support element; New DRS activator; Monkey seat with double flaps; Sensors on the front wing which measure the tyre temperature; Testing of both the blown wheel nut and the old one; Different vertical turning vanes; Tighter engine cover

Monaco GP: Bigger air outlets around the exhaust pipe; Modified front suspensions necessary to round Loews corner; New T-tray

Canadian GP: New tighter engine covers tried out on Friday – due to overheating the introduction was postponed; New L-shaped turning vanes around the outer air boxes; Returning to the old double rear wing support elements

Austrian GP: New L-shaped turning vanes around the sidepods; Tighter sidepod bodywork at the rear; Asymmetric sidepod air inlets

British GP: New diffuser – modified gurney flap and different vertical elements; New brake discs for Kimi

German GP: New L-shaped turning vanes around the sidepods; Returning to the old double rear wing support elements; Tweaked front wing – different mainplane; Trying out two versions of engine cover

Hungarian GP: Tweaked diffuser – four vortex generators on the lower leading edge; Trying out two versions of engine cover, one aimed for Spa and Monza

Williams

Malaysian GP: -

Bahrain GP: -

Chinese GP: Vertical openings on the fin of the upper rear bodywork; New rear brake ducts: new channels pointing upwards

Spanish GP: Testing of new rear view mirrors

Monaco GP: -

Canadian GP: New front wing: modified upper flaps

Austrian GP: New rear brake ducts; New flaps around the rear brakes

British GP: -

German GP: Refined vertical openings on the fin of the upper rear bodywork

Hungarian GP: New rear brake ducts; New profile for the upper camera housing; New rear wing

McLaren

Malaysian GP: New higher and longer nose; Bigger air inlets to cope the Malaysian heat

Bahrain GP: New front wing with an additional upper vane to channel air from the front tyres

Chinese GP: Modified front wing endplates – two additional curved flaps

Spanish GP: Testing of rear suspension with and without the upper „butterfly” housing; New diffuser

Monaco GP: Testing of two brake disc types: one of Brembo and one of Carbone Industry

Canadian GP: New outer edge for the floor; Modified suspension housing – the upper blocker was eliminated

Austrian GP: New front brake cooling inlets; New turning vanes under the nose; New front wing

British GP: New slots in front of to rear tyre to reduce turbulence; Smaller brake ducts

German GP: Modified rear wing – two additional mini flaps; Modified rear wing – toothed main plane and flap

Hungarian GP: Returning to the double butterfly rear suspension housing

Lotus

Malaysian GP: New cooling outlets for internal electronics at the meeting point of the engine cover and floor; Additional splitter in between the two elements of the asymmetric nose cone

Bahrain GP: Modified brake ducts – three additional vanes on the upper end of the duct; Due to reliability issues enlarged air openings at the meeting edge of the engine cover and floor

Chinese GP: New diffuser – additional vortex generators; New engine cover – larger leading edge on the top

Spanish GP: Modified nose; Two additional mini vanes and modified upper flap on the front wing; New moneky seat

Monaco GP: New front brake ducts

Canadian GP: New vertical and horizontal mini flaps on the front wing; Modified main profile on rear wing

Austrian GP: -

British GP: -

German GP: Modified endplates and triangular upper flap on front wing

Hungarian GP: -

Clearly, teams have also been busy developing items underneath the skin of their cars, with Williams known to have introduced updated components at nearly every circuit. For obvious reasons, the nature of those updates have not been disclosed. It is safe to assume however that teams have focused on weight saving, lowering the centre of gravity and improving internal cooling efficiency.