FIA not planning to take action against controversial Mercedes flexi wing: Report

According to the latest reports, the FIA will not take any action against Mercedes' flexi-wing despite all the objections by Red Bull in recent times. Red Bull has been quite vocal about the W15's front wing after Mercedes' surprising advancement in terms of race pace over the last few race weekends.

The Silver Arrows started their 2024 season in a back foot, similar to their 2022 and 2023 campaign. While they have been the third and second-best team in the last couple of years, Toto Wolff's team dropped to the fourth position this season.

Amid such a turbulent start, the Canadian Grand Prix proved different for the Silver Arrows. George Russell took the pole position on Saturday and claimed Mercedes' first podium, while Lewis Hamilton improved from his P7 start to finish in P4, all thanks to a radical flexi wing set-up and its aerodynamic enhancements.

This grabbed Red Bull's attention as they noticed the adjustments on the W-15. Soon after this, they urged the FIA to take note of the same. However, the latest reports say that the governing body is not willing to take action after it was found that the flexi wing meets all technical regulations.

While the initial reports suggested that Red Bull were the ones to inform the FIA about the wing, Helmut Marko said otherwise. Speaking about the same, Marko told Motorsport,

"We didn't complain, we just noticed it. The car was suddenly so much faster on straights and then you see where it comes from. But the car passed the scrutineering, so it's all okay in that respect."

Notably, teams flexing their wings or tweaking the components to extract maximum output from the challengers isn't something new. F1 teams, over the teams have tried to outwit the technical regulations and one can expect the same to continue in the years to come.

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Toto Wolff is happy with Mercedes' improvement

F1 Grand Prix of Spain - Practice: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team W15 - Getty Images

Mercedes grabbed all the attention with their recent performances and Toto Wolff is happy with the progress. The team that was the 'best boy in class' in the entire turbo hybrid era is just a shadow of that after the 2022 regulations.

However, their recent improvements have shown that they are moving in the right direction. Speaking about this, Wolff told Motorsport,

"Everyone is pushing the boundaries of the regulations. In our view, we have taken a good step in the past three races, especially with what we have done aerodynamically. Perhaps we have been at the other end of the spectrum for a very long time, fed up with what you can do with the wings and floors."

The Brackley-based team is in P4 in the Constructors' Championship with 124 points after nine races. Leader Red Bull has 301 points, followed by Ferrari and McLaren with 252 and 212 points, respectively.