Technical Image Gallery - 3rd Pre-Season Test from Bahrain - Day 1

A selection of the best technical images from day 1 of the last pre-season test in Bahrain courtesy of Sutton Images with some additional notes from me

Lotus E22 - Gurney Trim attached to the trailing edge of the Rear Wing (Previous spec shown in the inset)

Mercedes WO5: New Splitter including very thin stay which will prevent it deflecting into the ground under braking

Mercedes WO5 - Continuing with the larger cannon style cooling outlet for the increased temperatures in Bahrain

Ferrari F14-T - New Rear Wing endplates, deleting the previous trailing edge slats used by the team.  This signals the inefficiencies seen on the car's predecessors have been ironed out. 

Ferrari F14-T - New Front Wing, very similar to the ethos employed on the F138 with 7 Tiers and 4 flaps (mainplane and upper flap split into 2)

 Mercedes WO5 - New triangulated section in the Y100 region below the crash structure will both fence off the region from errant outbound airflow by creating vortices but also increase the low pressure/upwash

Mercedes WO5 - Sidepod Airflow Conditioners, now twin element with the rear elemement curving over to meet with the Sidepod's shoulder / Vortex Generator

 Williams FW36 - New fins added around the mirror stalks to aid in vorticising the flow over the Sidepods whilst the front edge of the Sidepod is now slotted / detached in order to inject flow into the boundary layer

Mercedes WO5 - Engineers carrying in a new floor which you'll note features twin vertical floor strakes ahead of the wheel rather than the singular one used in the past