F1 2024: Two weeks of unveilings of the 10 Formula 1 teams’ 2024 cars ended on February 15 with Red Bull’s car presentation. Time to prepare for the three days of testing in Bahrain (February 21–23) and the new season (March 2 at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain). In this campaign, Red Bull is the clear favorite, especially with their radical new RB20
Back to what happened, these just-ended presentations had everything. Even in delivery. There have been glamorous and humble ones. The essentials are single-seaters, so we’ll focus on them. We can only discuss the exterior for now. When tested on the track, each will have time to be evaluated.
You should remember that teams always hide things before the season through carefully edited official renders. Although shakedown tests can reveal things, some things are still unclear.
Every car for F1 2024:
Haas: Before any other team, the American squad unveiled its single-seater. With red and white accents, the VF-24 that will be piloted by Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen is predominantly black.
They were the worst team in 2023, and Gustav Steiner was unexpectedly fired as a result. Since the team’s 2016 F1 debut, the Italian has been leading Haas. Ayao Komatsu is now in charge of the stripes of the boss.
Sauber: The team rebranded as Kick and unveiled its revolutionary C44 for Guanyu Zhou and Valtteri Bottas. This Ferrari-powered outfit (like Haas) has signed James Key as technical director, giving them a hint of hope after five years of nothingness.
The inclusion of fluorescence in its life is a radical change from before. This garish color blends in with the carbon fiber that occupies the rest of the car.
Williams: The ex-F1 world champions released, in New York, the decoration of the FW46, the single-seater that Alexander Albon and Logan Sargeant will drive. The Grove team is betting on the same as always. Their new machine is dominated by the historic blue color with which they have raced in F1.
However, in their weapon, they have included a subtle mention of their British identity by including a red and white stripe around the nose.
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The Visa Cash App RB: They presented the VCARB-O1, a full-fledged replica of its big brother at Red Bull, with the livery being an ode to their past iterations as a team. The machine that Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda will drive has the unmistakable air of the RB19 of 2023.
The Faenza team will sport a design very similar to that of the Toro Rosso from a few years ago. They returned to the blue that characterized the team in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Alpine: As a result of their disappointing 2023 performance, the French team has been called into question, and they have taken a risk by giving Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly the A524, their new car.
The stunning shade of blue that adorned its embellishment three years ago has nearly vanished entirely. Bubblegum pink BWT and black carbon fiber predominate. By exposing carbon fiber, weight is reduced.
The Enstone team made extensive alterations to the rear wing, chassis, and rear suspension. They engaged in gambling. Their competition may then include McLaren and Aston Martin. Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Red Bull are not even mentioned.
Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll’s new car, the AMR24, has a very similar style to the Red Bull that swept to victory in 2023 (they won 21 of the 22 races contested). Hopefully, the team won’t lose its development path in 2024, as they did last season.
However, the green livery is still typical of the Silverstone-based team, with a yellow stripe. Green is the British racing color in the same way that red is for Ferrari, hence Aston Martin’s traditional color.
McLaren: They are utilizing the MCL38 in an attempt to win. Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who has yet to achieve his inaugural victory in the sport, in particular. Two of their most promising young talents will be featured in a papaya orange and black single-seater.
Max Verstappen’s team was the only one to complete faster corners than the Woking team, which imitated Red Bull in many aspects, particularly in those. The Woking team was exceptionally strong in the second half of last season.
Ferrari: There is the logical uncertainty that comes from the bombshell signing they recently announced. Lewis Hamilton will race with the Maranello team in 2025 and that will mean that Carlos Sainz will have to leave the Maranello structure. We will see how they manage this.
What we do know is that the car leaves aside last year’s black and adds quite a few touches of white and yellow. The beautiful and iconic red dominates. Will they stand up to Red Bull with this machine? We’ll see.
Mercedes: Something similar to Ferrari is happening in Brackley and the common denominator is Hamilton.
The logical thing is that the Brackley squad focuses on George Russell, but the seven-time champion is the great myth of the star brand and he was also comprehensively quicker and better than Russell in 2024, so it will be difficult to manage this.
The W15 brings back the classic silver in its livery while retaining the black elements of 2020, 2021, and 2023. James Allison has regained technical command and has opted to completely abandon the zero pod concept.
Red Bull: The dominant force of F1 in recent times will be an enigma, as they stood out from the rest with a different car. The RB20 of Max Verstappen and Checo Perez presents some daring design ideas discarded by… Mercedes.
In the purely ornamental aspect, the decoration of the new energetic single-seater is practically the same as that of the RB19. It’s a big gamble for the team that didn’t need to change much after winning 21/22 races.
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