The FIA has given a further clarification over its decision to keep tightening Formula 1's rear wing deflection tests, and defended the delay of its stricter front wing tests until the Spanish Grand Prix.
Over the last few years exploiting aero-elasticity has emerged as a key tool to keep this generation of ground-effect cars balanced between faster and slower speed corners, so much so that teams were starting to take liberties with the maximum deflection that is allowed in the rules.
