Lighter doesn’t always mean faster. Rob Kemp investigates why muscle and fuelling matter much more than the number on the scales

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Recall the two massive Formula 1 regulation changes of the last 12 years: the switch to hybrid turbo V6s in 2014 and the introduction of the ground-effect cars in 2022. In both cases a fundamentally d

Formula 1 is back, but not as we know it. New rules, new cars, a new style of racing… So will the grand prix balloon keep rising on F1’s warm gust of ever-increasing popularity, or will it burst with

Radical technical changes, electrification, active aerodynamics – all in the name of improving ‘the show’ through providing more overtaking. Sound familiar? In 2009 a new set of technical rules came i

It’s all change for 2026. Sure, the increasingly electrified powertrains have courted the lion’s share of complaints and column inches through the prelude to the new year, but let’s not forget that Fo