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F1TECH: Why did McLaren abandon its own Ferrari-style flip-flop rear wing?
McLaren arrived at the Austrian Grand Prix with two aerodynamic updates for the MCL40, although only one of them ultimately made it onto the racetrack. The team had planned to debut an experimental rear wing during Friday practice, a design inspired by the ‘upside‑down’ or ‘Macarena’ concept first introduced by Ferrari and later adopted by Red Bull. The unique rear wing design allows the flap to deploy to an alternative position in straight‑line mode, producing a larger reduction in drag. McLaren intended to run the component on Lando Norris’s car in FP1, but the wing never left the garage. During final sign‑off checks, the structure did not behave as expected, prompting...
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