Overview
- Ferrari ran its rotating rear wing during the sole practice session in Shanghai before reverting to a conventional design for sprint qualifying.
- Lewis Hamilton slid off at Turn 6 while running the device in practice, and the rotation wing’s race debut remains on hold.
- The team also introduced a transparent halo-mounted winglet that it described in FIA documents as a minor, non track‑specific aerodynamic gain.
- Ferrari’s exhaust-adjacent winglet is mounted on the rear crash structure near exhaust flows reported above 1,000°C, while customer Haas fielded a smaller adaptation it says promotes upward airflow and local pressure increase.
- Technical analysis indicates only cars with compatible gearbox-periphery and crash-structure layouts can package similar add-ons, and the rotating wing’s overall performance impact remains uncertain.