The standout tech innovations of F1 2026 so far
News Source : autosport.com
News Summary
- Many innovative solutions to the latest set of technical regulations are being legislated out of existence next season or have already been banned.
- McLaren adopts the rotating wing concept pioneered by Ferrari and Red Bull.
- The ‘Macarena’ wing takes an extreme approach to defeating drag when F1’s new Straight Mode is available.
- McLaren freely admits that it had a ‘Why didn’t we think of that?’ moment when it saw these wings in testing, and immediately started working on its own version.
Although Formula 1 models itself as the pinnacle of technology in motorsport, the governing body polices the guardrails carefully to prevent car performance from getting out of hand.
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