mythe video of Oscar Piastri, chased by Charles Leclerc for more than half a career in Baku has raised all kinds of comments about the Possible irregularities in the rear wing of the McLaren. You can see how on the straight line, The upper plane is becoming more and more horizontal, which would offer less resistance to the air. and would represent a profit that has been estimated at around 4 km/h top speed. It doesn't seem like much, but when it comes to defending against an opponent's attacks, it's enough to avoid being overtaken, as happened elsewhere.
It is the High speed processing of flexible materials This is one of the areas in which F1 has improved the most. If the focus was on the front, now it is the rear where McLaren is exploiting a grey area.
The fact is that, according to the publication 'Auto Motor und Sport', uA protest by Red Bull after the Baku race is said to have prompted the FIA to ask McLaren to modify the flexible flaps on the upper wing plane, which flex upward, allowing the assembly to offer less resistance. And that, even passing all the weight tests that the technical commissioners carry out every weekend, which are clearly revealed as insufficientin light of what happened.
“On Thursday afternoon (September 19), before the Singapore GP, the FIA informed the leader of the constructors' championship that they had to change the rear wing used in Baku in two precisely defined places. This is a ten centimetre area on the outside of the (DRS) flap, which in Baku bends upwards at a certain speed.”says the German magazine.
The impact in Singapore will be much lower, due to the absence of a long straight, but not in later races. Red bull is determined to use all resources to prevent Verstappen (with a 59-point advantage over Norris) from losing the World Championship of pilots.
