One of the most significant developments in Formula One engines occurred in 2014 when the sport introduced hybrid power units. These power units combine a traditional internal combustion engine with ...

Car companies used to have an obsession with the number 12, especially in Formula 1. The siren song of a duodecimal engine has ensnared many an automaker, resulting in shrieking double sixes with ...

"There are no bad ideas in a brainstorm," they say. Only slightly lesser well known is, "if there's a four stroke piston engine that's not a radial, Formula 1's tried it." There have been inline fours ...

Mercedes’ customer teams are expected to start the new Formula 1 season with an upgraded power unit specification at the ...

Racing Bulls completed its first on-track running with the VCARB03, giving us the first sounds from Ford's new Formula 1 powertrain, whose return to Formula 1 comes via a technical partnership with ...

At last week’s Singapore Grand Prix, the scale of Formula One’s (F1) new popularity was impossible to miss. In the Ferrari hospitality box, team president Frédéric Vasseur observed how the event had ...