McLaren has given the green light for the use of the ‘Macarena’ wing. The British team is only the latest racing team to put the much-discussed component on their cars, after Ferrari and Red Bull previously came with similar concepts. According to McLaren team principal Andrea Stella, the wing passed the test well during the free practice in Hungary: ‘We are now looking forward to introducing it in future races’.
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McLaren is only the latest racing team to come with their own version of the ‘Macarena’ wing during the race weekend in Hungary. On Friday, the British team tested the now well-known rotating rear wing. Ferrari already brought a similar concept to the test days in Bahrain, while Red Bull introduced the design in Miami for the RB22.
In Hungary, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella was asked about the wing. “It was a complicated project, but that was no surprise,” the Italian told the attending media. According to Stella, the data the team collected in Budapest was extremely promising. “This concept has been positively evaluated and we are now looking forward to introducing it during future races,” he therefore confirmed.
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Wind tunnel
The ‘Macarena’ wings of Ferrari and McLaren differ in one point: while the wing of the Scuderia folds backward, that of McLaren – just like that of Red Bull – tilts forward. Stella was asked if this might be because the component was tested in different wind tunnels.
“I don’t think the wind tunnel is an important factor in determining the aerodynamic behavior when reattaching the wing,” Stella stated, however. “You can use other tools for that, and the most important tool, especially for this kind of complex projects – even from an aerodynamic point of view – remains what you observe on the circuit. It was important for us to collect data along the circuit, because with such a delicate project you would never have relied solely on a wind tunnel.”
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