MERCEDES REJECTED MACARENA WING OVER YEAR AGO

Original: Mercedes reveals why it rejected the Macarena wing over a year ago

Mercedes explains that it evaluated designing its own Macarena rear wing more than a year before the design appeared on a competing Formula 1 car.

The Mercedes Formula 1 team looked at building its own Macarena rear wing long before it was seen running on a circuit by a rival outfit. But according to deputy technical director Simone Resta, it decided against it. The rotating wing, whose main flap turns over when a car switches into straight-li