Rear Wing Endplate Flexibility

In Simple Terms

The rear wing endplates (the vertical pieces at the ends of the rear wing) can only bend a maximum of 10mm when the FIA pushes on them with a specific 50-Newton force during testing. This prevents teams from using overly flexible wings that could change shape during racing to gain an unfair advantage.

• Rear wing endplates must not flex more than 10mm under a standardized 50N inward force test
• The test uses a 15mm diameter spherical tip applied at a specific location on the endplate
• Measurement compares deflection between the two endplates on opposite sides of the wing
• Rigid-body rotation of the entire wing assembly is excluded from the deflection measurement to isolate actual endplate flexibility