Ferrari Did It Again (44 years later)

Ferrari’s 2026 “Macarena” rear wing has brought one of Formula 1’s strangest loopholes back into the spotlight. In 1982, Ferrari shocked Long Beach with an outrageous twin-wing design that exploited the wording of the rules. Forty-four years later, the technology has changed, but Ferrari’s creative reading of the F1 rulebook has not. In this file, we look at why their latest trick may have a rather convenient consequence.