F1 teams set to face tougher flexi-wing tests in 2025

The FIA is se𝔍t for a fresh clampdown on flexi-wings during the 2025 F1 season.

McLaren's rear wing came under scrutiny last year
McLaren's rear wing came under scrutiny last year

F1 t🙈eams are reportedly set to face more s✤tringent flexi-wing tests during the upcoming 2025 season.

According to Italian publication , F1’s governing body the FIA issued a draft technical directive explaining how flexi-winꦑ꧋g tests will become tougher.

Meanwhile, report these tests will be conducted from the Spanish Grand Prix in J🐻une, the ni𓂃nth round of the 24-race 2025 season.

The FIA is determined to clampdown on loopholes in the ♊regulations which allow for trick flexi-wings.

A souꦚrce told The Race: “I will be surprised if anyone will be able to play around wi𝄹th flexi wing designs as much as they were before.”

The technical regulations regᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚarding front wing flexibility are laid out in Article 3.15.4, which states: “🌺When the load is applied symmetrically to both sides of the car, the vertical deflection must be no more than 15mm.

“When the load is applied to only one side of the car, the vertical deflection must be no more than 20mm🌼.

“No part of the trailing edge of any front wing flap is pﷺermitted to deflect more than 5mm when a 60-newton force is applied.”

The revised version of TD18 is thought to reduce the all🧜owance from 15mm down to 10mm.

Flexi-wing saga rumbles on

Flexi-wings became a major tal𓂃king point꧟ towards the end of last season.

McLaren were asked by the FIA to change their rear wing a🎀head of the Singapore Grand Prix following questions over its legality from their rivals.

On-board camera footage from168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Oscar Piastri’s car appeared to show part o♌f the McLaren’s rear wing moving at hi🌠gh-speed en route to his victory in Azerbaijan.

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur outlined his frustration at what he felt was a b⛄lack-and-white matter surrounding McLaren’s dubbed ‘mini-DRS’💖 trick.

❀“I think there is a kind of confusion between what's happened with the front wing and the rear wing,🌺” said Vasseur in Singapore.

“The front wing, we all agree that it could be a grey area because the first paragraphܫ of the TD is saying that you can't design a part of the car 🐓with the intention of the deformation. Intention is difficult to manage.

“But the rear wing story, it's completely different because in the article you have also a ma🦹ximum deflection and this is black or white. It's no grey, no dark grey, no light grey. It's black and white and for me, it's clear.”

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