"The upper flaps can't flex more than 3mm (down from 5mm pre-TD) when you apply 60N to their trailing edge. Then the other test on the lateral stiffness of the structural part of the wing is basically 1000N weight pressed down on the lower elements of the wing, and there you can't flex more than 10mm (down from 15mm pre-TD)."
The belief of more than a few is that the change with the new regs doesn't do much to change things...got to like McLaren's confidence that they're more than ready post TD.
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