michl420 wrote: ↑10 Jan 2026, 14:19
AR3-GP wrote: ↑10 Jan 2026, 05:13
Something that surprises me is how small the rear wing is for a circuit like Barcelona. This looks like a Spa or Monza spec wing. You would expect to see larger wings than before because there is no longer a penalty on the straights due to active aero.
https://i.postimg.cc/KjVCZVZB/image.png
That is more or less the new maximal allowed rear wing size. And that make me think they will run this max rear wings at ~70% of all circuits.
Interesting thought, though I don't know how much to read into a high downforce wing being brought to a high downforce track.
Does active aero negate the advantages of a trimmed down rear wing this much? Especially with how important we expect straight efficiency to be with these engines.