McLaren will race its version of the Macarena rotating rear wing concept, but team principal Andrea Stella says the car will not see it until an unspecified future event, and the delay is not linked to Red Bull's similar problems.

The plan to test the wing in Austria was abandoned, and the first on-track run came in Hungary FP1 on Lando Norris' car, after Max Verstappen's crashes at the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone prompted Red Bull to temporarily shelve its own pivoting wing over concerns about delayed airflow reattachment.

Stella described the project as complex, noting that the wing's actuation timing must fit within regulation limits, and that McLaren's central actuator, which pivots forward and provides air-braking, trades aerodynamic blockage for a wider gap between the upper and lower planes when Straight Line Mode is active.

The new regulations define a 0.4-second transition speed for wing flaps in Straight Line Mode zones but leave the method of movement open, making wind-tunnel simulation difficult; teams must rely on trackside data to measure reattachment delays and the resulting shifts in tyre loading that affect car behaviour, and McLaren intends to introduce the concept at future events once validation is complete.