Lewis Hamilton has slammed a ‘waste of money’ new FIA rule, that has been implemented from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards.

New rules on so-called flexi-wings have been brought in by Formula 1’s governing body, which limits flexibility in the front wing and flap on cars to 10mm, rather than the 15mm that had been in the regulations for the first part of the 2025 season.

This mid-season change has been very controversial, with many of the sport’s key figures suggesting it should’ve been in place since race one, rather than race nine.

However, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris blew the rest of the field away in qualifying for the Spanish GP, leading seven-time world champion Hamilton to suggest that the new rules had not changed anything.

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Vasseur said that the new front wing changes would be a ‘game changer’, hinting that Ferrari and other teams would be closer to McLaren during race weekends, even if it didn’t result in a closer championship battle.