Red Bull will return to using a conventional rear wing at the Belgian GP, held this weekend at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit. According to the GPBlog portal, the team has temporarily set aside the concept known as “Macarena,” adopted after Ferrari introduced the solution for the 2026 Formula 1 season regulations.
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The decision comes after Max Verstappen’s accidents at the Austrian GP and the British GP. In both races, the four-time world champion lost control of his RB22 due to a failure in the rear wing’s aeroactive mechanism, which compromised the car’s drivability.
Later, the Dutchman described the situation as dangerous and regretted the recurrence of the failures: “At this point, it’s super dangerous because you can really get hurt twice. I was lucky in Austria, I was lucky here, but that’s why you get really annoyed about it.”
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The “Macarena” concept allows the upper flap of the rear wing to rotate beyond the opening of a conventional DRS, reducing drag more aggressively to increase speed on straights. Given the recent problems, Red Bull chose to return to the conventional system in Spa while evaluating whether the solution can be reintroduced during the season.
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