Ferrari to test Macarena rear wing legality issue at Monza with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc

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Ferrari now intend to have Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc test the latest version of their Macarena rear wing during the team’s filming day at Monza this Wednesday.

The Scuderia have rented the home of the Italian Grand Prix for a private test in the absence of a Grand Prix for five weeks. F1 cancelling its rounds in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia that were due to be held in April left a big void in the calendar between the races in Japan and Miami.

Most teams are now expected to unveil upgrades at the Miami Grand Prix on May 1-3, after utilising the five-week break to further refine updates they might have originally unveiled in Bahrain. So, Ferrari will test their aero upgrades for Miami at Monza to gain real-world data.

Ferrari have long intended to visit Monza during the break in the F1 calendar from the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia being cancelled. It has also been reported that Ferrari proposed that F1 holds a joint test at Monza to do more than the 200km (124m) limit of a filming day.

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Ferrari must refine the closing time of their Macarena rear wing to make it legal

F1 also stipulates that the teams must use Pirelli’s demonstration tyres during a filming day. But Ferrari still believe that going to Monza with Hamilton and Leclerc this Wednesday can help them refine their updates ahead of the Miami GP, including their Macarena rear wing.

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That is according to Automoto.it, which reports that Ferrari want their filming day at Monza to be kept as private as possible while they test their upgrades for the Miami GP. Ferrari see their Macarena rear wing as one of the key updates that they intend to have in Florida, too.

Ferrari first revealed their revolutionary Macarena rear wing in Bahrain back in pre-season testing, and they also took the wing to the Chinese Grand Prix. But Ferrari’s Macarena rear wing created balance issues in China that they did not have the time to resolve in Shanghai.

An additional issue has also emerged, as it is now claimed that Ferrari need to further refine the actuation system to ensure that their Macarena rear wing is legal. F1’s regulations state that the open element on a rear wing must always shut within four-hundredths of a second.

Initially, Ferrari arranged their filming day at Monza to understand their engine and how the battery will have to be managed at one of the most power-sensitive circuits on the calendar ahead of September’s Italian GP. But the Macarena wing will now mark one of several tests.