McLaren secures 2025 bid, Red Bull “furious” at FIA rule changes

Red Bull is reportedly furious with the FIA ​​ahead of the 2025 F1 season. The Milton Keynes team is reportedly angry at the decision to restrict the use of flexible front wings from this year’s Spanish Grand Prix. Christian Horner asked the FIA ​​for an explanation midway through last season after McLaren benefited greatly from the use of flexible front wings, with Mercedes also upgrading its own technology in a bid to catch up with Red Bull and McLaren. Red Bull has raised FIA’s bent wings with the closure of Land Norris in Max Faltappen. The government has determined that they are legal. Consequently, it was reported that Red Bull had invested in an important role in the development of Flexi Wing in 2025, believing that the FIA ​​would not go to their position. Nevertheless, Friday, Fia Ururn announced that this season, they would increase the volume of wings tests. Members of our community benefit from special offers, promotions and advertising from us and our partners. You can make your payment at any time. Read our Privacy Policy

This will apply to the rear wing when the team is in Australia on March 16. For the front wing, testing will be intensified ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix on June 1. According to AutoRacer, Red Bull is furious at the decision. Last month, the FIA ​​said it had no plans to make any changes to front wing testing. However, the FIA ​​said on Friday that “Further analysis by the FIA ​​Single-Seater Department after the end of the 2024 season will ensure that body flexibility is no longer an issue for the 2025 season.”

“These adjustments are intended to further improve monitoring and enforcement of the body flex regulations, provide a level playing field for all competitors and promote fair and exciting racing.”

Red Bull had issues with McLaren’s 2024 upgrade (Image: Getty)

But this comes after Red Bull team boss Horner believed the team had permission to continue developing its own flexible front wing. He said after the FIA’s decision not to penalise McLaren: “I think for any team, as with all these things, clarity is always important. Is something acceptable or not? If this is deemed acceptable, it will obviously encourage you to look for similar solutions yourself.

“The regulator therefore obviously has all the information available. They have all the analysis that they have recently done with cameras on many cars.

“They collect this data. But like I said, if it’s deemed acceptable then we’ll go down that path.