The car was standardised for every team to provide a level playing field for competing nations.

It was designed to reduce the volume of "dirty air", allowing drivers to close in on the car in front, encouraging overtaking.

Based on bionic engineering principles found in nature, the hexagonal honeycomb provides remarkable strength for its weight, and has progressive deformation properties in response to an impact, which contributes to driver safety.

[8] The front and rear suspension is of a double wishbone and pushrod operated twin coil over damper construction.

Adjustable ride height, cambers and toe, as well as anti-dive and anti-squat made to optimise drive control.

A two-piece carbon clutch was tailored especially for the car to handle 550 bhp (410 kW) and the two racing starts per weekend.