Ferrari’s innovative ‘upside down’ Formula 1 rear wing will appear at a 2026 race weekend for the first time at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Ferrari grabbed the headlines in pre-season testing with its unique rear wing design that appeared to rotate roughly 225 degrees clockwise.
It caught the attention of both rival teams and the FIA (which gave its legality an “OK”), but didn’t appear at the Melbourne season opener.
But Ferrari has brought the ‘upside down’ rear wing to this weekend’s Shanghai sprint event and will test it during the first (and only) practice session of the weekend on Friday.
It will then make a decision whether it stays on the car for sprint qualifying later that day.
It’s likely Shanghai, with its long back straight, was a more natural fit for the unique wing, than Melbourne, with its kinked high-speed long run from Turn 6 to Turn 9 – not the ideal place for a uniquely functioning rear wing.