Most car enthusiasts associate the term “rotary engine” with Felix Wankel’s invention, developed in the 1950s and most ...

Toto Wolff, the Mercedes F1 team principal, joked that he would be accused of appearing in the Epstein files next after ...

A political firestorm has been brewing in Formula 1 in recent weeks and months over whether engine manufacturers have found a loophole in the new 2026 technical regulations.

The crux of the matter lies in that the Formula 1 compression ratio is not measured by sensors during engine operation, but statically. The FIA simply compares the ratio in volume in the cylinder ...

You're probably familiar with the standard combustion process that powers most cars, but some engines use a more efficient ...

The higher the ratio (in F1's specific case, 18:1 vs 16:1), the more the fuel and air inside the cylinder is compressed - to 1/18th of its original volume, or 1/16th (other compression ratios are ...

FIA single seater director Nikolas Tombazis says Formula 1’s governing body is trying to resolve the topic of compression ...

McLaren F1 CEO Zak Brown thinks the ongoing saga around Mercedes and the compression ratio of its power unit is "typical ...