F1 and MotorsportsUpdated November 7

Anderson sees a trade-off in McLaren’s new front wing.

Gary Anderson questions why McLaren is treating its new front wing as effectively a 2027 concept. If the track data and simulation tools show potential, he says, he would use it as a 2026 part and learn from it before next season. His technical case starts at the join between the mainplane and the endplate’s lower foot. Making that area more like one continuous lower surface, he argues, should make the footplate less sensitive to the track, helping the front produce steadier downforce through fast corners and making the rear feel more stable. He also says changes to the slot gaps and third element alter where airflow reaches the floor’s leading edge. But the revised straight-mode movement leaves the wing less powerful in corner mode, at the expense of overall downforce. Anderson says he cannot see enough to assess the new diffuser in detail.

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