McLaren will be the most heavily updated car on the grid at the British Grand Prix, unveiling new front‑brake ducting and a revised floor board, while a number of rivals, including Mercedes, Alpine and Audi, will run unchanged machinery.
Ferrari’s package focuses on the rear corner, adding larger cooling inlets and outlets, a lower deflector and a re‑optimised rear‑ward winglet cluster to boost local load and cooling efficiency. Red Bull, after a major Austrian upgrade, returns with a single rear‑corner tweak – revised cascade wings on the rear wheel bodywork – aimed at improving load characteristics and stability. Racing Bulls introduce an updated floor corner and diffuser geometry, plus a new forward deflector on the rear corner to enhance flow conditioning. Haas, feeling out‑developed, will try two rear‑wing revisions, including external protrusions on the endplates, to sharpen flow conditioning. Williams brings a fresh front‑wing profile and endplate design for its home race, targeting higher local loading and better downstream flow. Aston Martin, Cadillac and the newly‑added Audi will not add parts this weekend.
All the upgrades are designed to extract extra aerodynamic grip and cooling at Silverstone’s high‑speed layout, so the sprint and race could see McLaren and the other teams with new parts vying for an edge.
