Race Two : 2025 China Grandprix [Shanghai International]

[Nitrodaze]

How does the FIA test the wings? Do the team submit body work for testing, or does the FIA test the cars at a circuit?

They take a test rig to each car and use it to apply pressure to certain points on the wing and measure the deflections and gap openings. If the deflections are within spec; pass otherwise fail. Unfortunately, l don't know much about the rig that would be used in China.

With all the logistics problems that have caused cars to arrive very late to Shanghai, l wonder if they would have the time to perform the test before the race. I suspect they may have to perform the test after the race. I am speculating. That may defeat the purpose of the test, as the flexibility of the car before the race is not the same as one that has undergone structurally altering vibrations by the end of the race.