Overview
- Ferrari will run a circuit‑specific rear wing in Hungary that adds small winglets and a central triple‑element cascade and is not the Macarena 2.0 development that the team is separately building for high‑speed tracks.
- Red Bull says it identified a mechanical actuator fault after two high‑speed failures and has fitted stronger components that it has explained to the FIA so the team can bring its rotating‑flap variant back to track.
- McLaren abandoned an Austrian debut because of assembly and mechanical issues and will test its revised rotating wing only in Friday practice at the Hungaroring as a cautious, limited trial.
- The safety concern stems from sudden loss of rear downforce when a flap or actuator fails, which caused two Red Bull crashes and prompted the FIA to request technical data and reserve the right to require extra tests or operational limits.
- Ferrari’s choice to place the actuator in the outer endplate frees the wing centre for extra cascades, a packaging trade‑off that boosts downforce for tight circuits like Hungary while the true low‑drag Macarena 2.0 is being targeted for Monza.