Front wings to be exact, as the sport’s governing body implements a new Technical Directive that introduces “a further tightening of the load tests applied to the wings of F1 cars in a bid to address concerns around flexibility and the performance benefits teams might gain through the use of wings that flex under load.

F1 cars must comply by new design rules for their front wings from the 2025 Spanish GP. But why are they needed and what do they mean?