Technical updates: 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Two teams have brought updates to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as the development cycle finishes at the final race of the 2024 Formula 1 season. After three consecutive race weekends that also included a Sprint race in Qatar last Saturday, there were always likely to be limited upgrades introduced in the closing rounds of the season, with the main value coming from track data for 2025. Only RB and Stake have new parts this weekend at the Yas Marina Circuit, the remaining eight teams staying with their existing cars. At RB a new front wing incorporates the majority of the design, with new mainplane elements, flap and endplates. The team says the result of the update is “the loading distribution across the front wing is modified to promote better quality flow to the rest of the car.” There is a more substantial package at Stake, where a new floor — the primary performance differentiator on the current generation of car — adds volume to the rear floor body. “The updated floor geometry is aiming to improve the flow characteristics by reducing the losses in critical ride height conditions,” the team says. That development is paired with an upgraded rear corner, modifying a rear brake duct deflector “to improve the rear tire jet vortex control and increasing the overall efficiency of the diffuser.”