Overview
- Red Bull removed the rotating 'Macarena' rear wing for the Belgian Grand Prix after two recent failures linked to Max Verstappen left the team wary of running the upgrade this weekend.
- The team traced the problem to the wing’s activation and actuator mechanism and says it has identified a fix that is being implemented in Milton Keynes.
- Red Bull has told the FIA what it changed and will not reintroduce the wing until it can prove the strengthened components are reliable and safe, with a target to return at the Hungaroring if validation is completed.
- Ferrari reports its different upside‑down wing has logged roughly 10,000km without issue, while McLaren has tested a similar concept but says it is not yet ready for race use.
- The rotating rear flap is designed to cut drag on straights by flipping to a low‑drag profile, but the flap must reattach airflow extremely quickly when switching to corner mode so mechanical or activation failures can cause sudden loss of rear downforce and crashes.