{"id":867,"date":"2024-02-16T16:13:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howtokauai.com\/?p=867"},"modified":"2025-01-21T18:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:03:50","slug":"every-new-f1-car-launched-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtokauai.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/16\/every-new-f1-car-launched-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Every New F1 Car Launched This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, F1 launch season reached its climax, with all the top teams unveiling their 2024 challengers. Here\u2019s every new F1 car that\u2019s been launched over the past few days.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2024 Formula One season<\/a> is just around the corner, but before pre-season testing gets underway, first there\u2019s launch season to deal with. Last week we saw the likes of Alpine<\/a>, Stake<\/a>, and the lower half of the field unveil their cars, but this week the expected top dogs lifted the lid on their creations for the new year. Here\u2019s a first glimpse of the expected 2024 F1 frontrunners.<\/p>\n

\"Aston<\/p>\n

Aston Martin AMR24<\/h2>\n

Aston Marin launched its 2024 F1 car alongside the brand new Vantage road car and Vantage GT3 racecar, each sporting the now-familiar (and achingly beautiful) green and yellow livery. As is the trend this season, the AMR24 does feature more bare carbon than previous years, but thankfully that is reserved solely for the sidepods and front wing, rather than the entire chassis of the car. Some teams could take note\u2026*cough* Alpine *cough*.<\/p>\n

As for the technical aspects of the car, Aston Martin\u2019s Dan Fallows says, \u201cthe chassis design is new, as well as the nose, front wing, front suspension and rear suspension. We want to compete in the development race this season and this car is designed to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Aston started incredibly well, but tailed off as the teams around them developed their cars more successfully. Clearly, that\u2019s been taken to heart. Check out this video<\/a> to learn more about the AMR24 in its launch guise.<\/p>\n

\"Ferrari<\/p>\n

Ferrari SF-24<\/h2>\n

Yes, it\u2019s red. But look \u2013 it has white and yellow stripes now too! I\u2019m not entirely sure how I feel about this addition to the familiar Ferrari color palette, but it does bring the F1 team closer in line with the livery on Ferrari\u2019s Le Mans hypercars. Of course, much of the noise around Ferrari recently has been about its signing of Lewis Hamilton<\/a> for the 2025 season, but understandably, the Italians weren\u2019t particularly willing to talk about it at their launch event in front of outgoing driver Carlos Sainz jr.<\/p>\n

As for the car itself, most of the attention has gone on refinement rather than revolution. In 2023, the Ferrari concept was quick in qualifying, but would often fade away in the races. So, attention has gone on making small developments to the car to make it better over long distances. For all the nerdy tech updates, watch this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"McLaren<\/p>\n

McLaren MCL38<\/h2>\n

McLaren surprised everyone when it dropped its new 2024 livery<\/a> earlier in the year, however this is the real deal \u2013 the MCL38 in its official launch spec. The British-Kiwi outfit had quite a rollercoaster 2023 campaign. After starting the year at the back of the grid, McLaren brought an aggressive update package along by the midway point of the season, and by the winter they had arguably the second-fastest car behind Red Bull.<\/p>\n

Naturally, Zak Brown\u2019s crew will want to build on that momentum. Team principal Andrea Stella said, \u201cthere are a number of innovations on the car, but not all the areas we want to address have been completed for our launch-spec car. Those areas now become the focus of our in-season development, which is already in progress.\u201d Watch this<\/a> to get a glimpse of what some of those initial innovations might be.<\/p>\n

\"Mercedes-AMG<\/p>\n

Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 E Performance<\/h2>\n

Lewis Hamilton\u2019s final Mercedes F1 car is a thing of beauty. Blending Mercedes\u2019 traditional silver with the new-age black, it\u2019s a mixture which summarizes the team\u2019s presence in F1 perfectly. It\u2019s not just the color scheme that has changed either \u2013 Merc has opted for a fresh new car concept which they hope will get them back on track after a couple of years of barking up the wrong aerodynamic tree. To see what I\u2019m on about have a watch of this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As well as a new chassis and new gearbox architecture, Mercedes has also been busy redesigning the car\u2019s aero and suspension. \u201cA big focus has been on improving the previous car\u2019s unpredictable rear axle,\u201d explained technical director James Allison. \u201cWe have worked hard to ensure that both axles, but particularly the rear axle, retain better control of the tire than on the W14. There\u2019s also been some housekeeping on areas in which we had room for improvement, including the DRS effect, and pit stop performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Red<\/p>\n

Red Bull RB20<\/h2>\n

Although the rest of the teams have clearly been hard at work over the winter break, there was an inevitable feeling that Red Bull would shift the goalposts again this year. Sadly, for enjoyers of competitive racing, it does appear as though Adrian Newey has found some more magic to sprinkle over the design. This video<\/a> explains exactly what the RB20 appears to have up its sleeve, and weirdly, some of it will be familiar to Mercedes.<\/p>\n

Of course, whether or not the RB20 works in practice remains to be seen \u2013 as is the case with all of these cars \u2013 however if I were a betting man I\u2019d put money on it being as strong a package, if not more so, than the dominant RB19. Perhaps, if there\u2019s one thing that could dislodge Red Bull from its perch at the top of the F1 tree, it could be the current ongoing investigations into team principal Christian Horner\u2019s conduct towards employees. Depending on the fallout of that, who knows how the race team will be affected. One thing\u2019s for certain though \u2013 the RB20 looks like a rather impressive beast indeed.<\/p>\n

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