Australian GP: Latest tech updates, direct from the garages

McLaren has a couple of front wing specifications available in Australia, each featuring different flap shapes. The version shown here has full length sharp tips.

A close up of Ferrari's ‘S’ duct inlet, which for 2018 features three distinct channels in order that airflow not be choked in certain operating conditions.

Although reports suggested that Williams would switch to a carbon gearbox casing for 2018 this image reveals it has retained a titanium one. Also noteworthy is the exhaust's tortured route as it arches down through the front of the casing.

Mercedes-AMG F1 W09 front suspension detail

Mercedes' front suspension detail has some of its packaging revised. Also note the ‘heave’ damper, which is still likely hydraulic, has been deliberately obscured.

Scuderia Toro Rosso STR13 bodywork detail

Toro Rosso’s multiple element turning vane solution under the bridge of the nose and chassis also features a row of serrations in the footplate.

Features the horizontal ‘heave’ element that remains relatively unchanged from last season.

Notably the team has raised the position of the rocker arms this year.

The more aggressive of the two front wing specifications that Ferrari has available in Melbourne, featuring a short slot in the inner section of both the mainplane's surfaces.

Sauber C37 front brake and suspension assembly

Note the upright extension which positions the upper wishbone much higher than would ordinarily be possible.

This features two inlets, the larger outer scoop and the smaller one that takes air in alongside the vertical fence and tyre's sidewall. Both are outfitted with horizontal protective fences in order that debris doesn't become lodged in them and reduce cooling efficiency.

Force India continues to use the front wing endplate design championed by the team through much of last season that features two differently-shaped canards.