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McLaren still flying despite Formula One’s flexi-wing changes
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McLaren's Australian driver Oscar Piastri (right) and Lando Norris (left) are sprayed with champagne while posing for a team photo after the Spanish Grand Prix.
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The Spanish Grand Prix, the ninth round of the Formula One world championship, was, according to some people in the paddock who don’t wear papaya orange shirts, the race at which McLaren were going to be found out.
When their super-flexible front and rear wings – supposedly the secret of their domination in 2024 and 2025 and their first world championship for constructors’ success since 1998 – were going to be outlawed once and for all.
