Red Bull confirms Macarena rear wing fix ready for Hungarian GP

Red Bull will reintroduce its revised "Macarena" rear wing at the Hungarian Grand Prix after team principal Laurent Mekies confirmed the mechanical issues that caused failures at the Austrian Grand Prix and Silverstone have been resolved, according to [Crash.net](https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1101537/1/red-bull-confirms-findings-super-dangerous-wing-max-verstappen-judges-old-design).

The problems were traced to two distinct mechanical faults, and the updated design has already passed FIA safety checks. "It was mechanical, and it was two different things," Mekies explained after the Belgian Grand Prix. "So two different mechanical issues. We will have a fix for Budapest."

Technical director Pierre Wache revealed the issues were spotted after the Silverstone accident. "It's a mechanical problem that we spotted after the accident in Silverstone. We fix it. We are trying to prove that we are bulletproof before we put on the car, and it should be ready for Budapest." Wache added that the FIA was satisfied with the standard of the design: "We've proved it to them, what we've done. I think it's on our side that we make it cautious now. We don't want to take any risk, and we want to be 100% sure."

Max Verstappen, who finished third at Spa using the older specification wing, was cautiously optimistic about the upgrade's potential in Hungary. "You mean the old rear wing? It performed well. I kept it on the road, which I think is the first thing," he quipped. "We were just a little bit more competitive, and the balance was a little bit better. But we struggled more on the hard tyre, as simple as that."

Sources

• Crash.net