F1 teams are set to face increased scrutiny of their rear wings at the season-opening Australian🌌 Grand Prix.

Governing body the FIA has implemented a technical directive to clampdown on flexi-wings, with front wing checks coming in from the ninth round of ♛the 2025 season in Spain.

Italian website has reported the FIA is set to ramp up the process with new measures coming into force at the firꦏst round in Melbourne.

According to the report,🌺 the FIA’s technical office has sent the teams an official request for checks regarding the “visual cont🔜rol of the rear wings” to monitor deformation.

FIA camer𓆉as are set to be housed by teams to capture high definition footage of the rear wing through the monitoring of reference stickers on specific locations.

This is aimed at ensuring teams are not circumventing the static checks that a🔯re already implemented.

Red Bull points finger at McLaren and Ferrari

It comes amid the backꩵdrop of a new row that is b꧟rewing over ‘mini-DRS’ suspicions.

Concerns were raised about the behaviour of some teams’ rear wings during p💦re-season testing in Bahrain last 🐈week.

Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache accused McLaren and Ferrari of expl🦋oiting the regulations.

"It is still going on,” Wache told The Race. "I think Ferrari and🌸 McLaren are doing the mini-DRS stu💙ff still."

McLaren came under the microscope in 2024 after rivals complained ab🅺out a ‘mini-DRS’ trick with their rear wing.

The reigning world champions made modifications to the wing for subsequent races after O🌱scar Piastri’s victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Pr𒉰ix drew attention. 

The FIA has already confirmed that stric🐼ter tests are going to be introduced from the Spanish Grand Prix in June.

Red Bull te💛am principal Christian Horner raised questions over the timing of the checks. 

“The slight od🍷dball about it is the timing of it,” he said. “Why race nine?

“It might have been better to have addr♔essed [it] during the off-season because [teams] end up doing two specs of wing [designs].”