Mercedes introduced the first significant upgrades to its troublesome W13 at Miami. Although the team feels that it needs a fuller understanding of the root cause of the car’s inconsistencies…
He’s spent more than 40 years living at motor sport’s cutting edge. So why would such a man, now on the cusp of his eighth decade, even think about starting…
Porpoising has made its reappearance in F1 after a break of four decades – from when cars last ran venturi underbody tunnels. Even the two fastest cars of the early…
There has been much talk about ‘porpoising’ over the course of pre-season testing, with the phenomenon seemingly coming as a surprise to teams. Cars that generate the bulk of their…
Mercedes certainly caused something of a stir in Bahrain with a radical take on the sidepod design of its W13. Sidepods are one of the most visually differing areas of…
Mercedes' 'no sidepod' concept made waves at the Bahrain test, amid suggestions that it might not be legal. Kyle Forster explains why it does comply with the rules and how it works
Most factories want to get rid of so-called shapeshifters, but the current system doesn’t allow a ban. Yet. Here’s the latest on MotoGP’s politics of technology
It's all about the tech. As the new F1 season gears up ahead of the first race in Bahrain at the end of March, fans have been given their first…
Amid the excitement of a new Formula 1 season getting under way, and buried beneath detailed explanations of aero management on websites, was the announcement of a brand new racing…
F1's new 2022 cars are more unique than anyone dared hope. Lawrence Butcher examines some of the areas where teams have been innovating, and where we can expect development over the year
Formula 1's new regulations have seen the revival of past concepts: as well as the return of ground effect from the 1980s, there is also pull-rod front suspension, from a…
135 years of innovation: making of the internal combustion engine, Part 8 We've travelled from the first sparks of the internal combustion engine over more than a century's worth of…
When WEC introduced new engine rules Toyota decided to buck the trend – and created one of the most incredible power units motor sport has ever seen
135 years of innovation: making of the internal combustion engine, Part 6 Just as the Coventry Climax racing effort was fading in the mid-1960s, a new contender was waiting in…
Red Bull's Christian Horner was adamant during the Brazilian Grand Prix that Mercedes had somehow got around the tougher rear wing flexibility tests introduced earlier this season. These were brought…
