McLaren active wing

[albertobdq]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg_5Q3OreIo&eur

WTF?

[Garry Driffill]

Thats ace !

Ohh i thought of a capation for the other tread for that Enzo crash

" New active rear wing pictured above " LOL

[RogerM]

There must be a rule against that .........

[Michael.]

There is.
Active aerodynamics is really old. I think the rule is 'no moveable aerodynamic devices' - that's one of the reasons they had that whole thing about the Ferrari wheel covers (turns out as the front ones are on bearings, and the rear ones 'look' the same as they rotate - they don't count as moving in regards to aerodynamics)

To be honest, the mclaren wing just looks like a weaker wing, I doubt any foul play

[albertobdq]

C'mon guys! Moving aerodymanics are banned. Toyota and Ferrari were prosecuted because of that. Wings can't flex

[glypo]

Originally Posted by albertobdq

Wings can't flex

That's crazy. Of course wings can flex, and they do. It's just the degree to which they flex that the FIA decide is acceptable or not.

Anyway looking at the video, it certainly doesn't look like a moveable aerodynamic device. It looks like a flow guide vane and not a downforce generating device. Something to perhaps help smooth out some areas of rough flow over other parts of the car. I certainly don't see it twisting relative to speed. Anyone else agree?

You can't just call something with any aero-elastics a moveable aerodynamic device. Either way it's a video from a test session (assuming my Spanish is still okay and that's the title of the youtube video), so doesn't show McLaren doing anything wrong.