Protests at McLaren and Mercedes front wings rejected

Formula 1's governing assemblage has rejected complaints from Red Bull and Ferrari astir nan legality of nan beforehand wings connected nan McLaren and Mercedes cars.

Red Bull and Ferrari believed nan beforehand wings flexed excessively and were not compliant pinch nan rules.

But nan FIA said connected Tuesday: "All beforehand wings are presently compliant pinch nan 2024 regulations."

Red Bull and Ferrari person not responded to requests for comment.

The complaints were raised successful nan discourse of nan summation successful competitiveness of nan McLaren and Mercedes cars successful caller months.

Red Bull dominated nan commencement of nan season, but find themselves nether expanding unit from McLaren successful some drivers' and constructors' championships.

The world champions admit they do not yet cognize nan solution to handling problems which are affecting nan competitiveness of their car, and aft Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix Max Verstappen said: "At nan moment, some championships are not realistic."

Verstappen, who has not won a title since nan Spanish Grand Prix successful June, has a 62-point title lead complete McLaren's Lando Norris pinch 8 races to spell - and 232 much points available.

McLaren are conscionable 8 points down Red Bull successful nan constructors' championship.

The FIA connection added that nan governing assemblage was continually assessing nan elasticity of bodywork, including pinch caller onboard cameras that had been successful usage since nan Belgian Grand Prix successful July.

It said: "The FIA has nan correct to present caller tests if irregularities are suspected.

"There are nary plans for immoderate short-term measure, but we are evaluating nan business pinch nan mean and semipermanent successful mind."

Short-term successful that discourse intends this season, medium-term adjacent twelvemonth and semipermanent 2026, an FIA spokesperson said.

The contention has been bubbling distant for immoderate races but blew up astatine Monza aft footage from an onboard camera showed McLaren’s beforehand helping bending and oscillating.

If a helping tin beryllium made to flex successful a definite measurement it tin summation velocity connected nan consecutive by reducing drag, and past summation downforce again by returning to a different perspective successful nan corners.

While nan existent attraction is connected McLaren and Mercedes, Red Bull person often recovered themselves astatine nan centre of specified discussions successful nan past - specified arsenic successful 2021 erstwhile nan FIA made a alteration to nan rules aft complaints astir nan Red Bull beforehand wing.

The FIA said it examined beforehand wings astatine each arena and had been "acquiring further information since nan Belgian title pinch an FIA-mandated video camera which captures areas of nan beforehand helping which are not visible done nan charismatic F1 cameras."

It said nan workout would proceed "at least" done nan forthcoming races successful Azerbaijan and Singapore this period "to guarantee each squad will person been moving nan mandated FIA camera connected different types of tracks".

"This will guarantee a ample database, allowing nan FIA to tie nan astir nonsubjective image of nan business and quantify differences betwixt nan various move patterns observed connected track," nan connection said.