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McLaren still flying despite Formula One’s flexi-wing changes

David Tremayne

McLaren's Australian driver Oscar Piastri (right) and Lando Norris (left) are sprayed with champagne while posing for a team photo after the Spanish Grand Prix. PHOTO: AFP

UPDATED Jun 02, 2025, 12:45 PM

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The Spanish GP, ninth round of the Formula 1 World Championship was, according to some people in the paddock who don’t wear papaya orange shirts, the race at which McLaren were Going To Be Found Out. When their super-flexible front and rear wings – supposedly the secret of their domination in 2024 and 2025 and their first world championship for Constructors’ success since 1998 – were going to be outlawed once and for all.

It was going to be the F1 equivalent of Samson’s biblical haircut.

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