Editorial credit: JoLin / Shutterstock.com For the 2014 season, Formula 1 made a dramatic engine change, moving from noisy 2.4-liter naturally aspirated V8 engines to 1.6-liter V6 turbo hybrid engines, which generated a lot of controversies, among other things, due to the sound they produced, or lack thereof. That said, will Formula 1 go back […]
Editorial credit: PatrickLauzon photographe / Shutterstock.com During the 2022 summer break, Daniel Ricciardo announced that he would be leaving McLaren at the end of the year, leaving him without a seat for 2023. The Australian, who made his Formula 1 debut in 2011 with HRT, has become one of the most beloved drivers, known for
Editorial credit: Cineberg / Shutterstock.com Since Formula E’s first season in 2014, many enthusiasts have taken to the new category, moving away from Formula 1. Both categories are the pinnacle of innovation, although they differ. However, which is faster? Formula 1 cars are much faster than Formula E cars. An F1 car reaches a top
Editorial credit: Paolo Bona / Shutterstock.com The road to Formula 1 is challenging, both athletically and financially. For a driver, trying to make it to F1 can be one of the most expensive investments of a lifetime, as it takes a lot of resources to reach the pinnacle of motorsport. That said, how much exactly
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Editorial credit: MR.Narawut Nakkanung / Shutterstock.com Five years ago, the American company Liberty Media took control of Formula 1, seeking to renew the category in all aspects by introducing many new features to attract a wider audience. What has changed since then? Liberty Media has brought a complete overhaul to Formula 1. The company, among
Editorial credit: adolf martinez soler / Shutterstock.com I remember watching the Mexican Grand Prix and wondering about how the tires are inflated. Surely the tires will be performing way differently inflated with dry air at altitude compared to the damper air at the Belgian Grand Prix. So, I set about finding the answer to how
Editorial credit: motorsports Photographer / Shutterstock.com F1 is arguably the peak of motor racing. Those who have been able to be a part of this group of elite drivers have undoubtedly made their country proud. Since the Formula 1 championship first began in 1950, only a handful of countries have produced most of F1’s driver
Editorial credit: cristiano barni / Shutterstock.com If you have watched motorsport in any shape or form, you would have heard the terms’ slipstream’ and even ‘dirty air’ being banded about. These terms refer to an aerodynamic effect caused by a lead car on the car behind them down the straight or through corners. Slipstream is
Editorial credit: cristiano barni / Shutterstock.com So, you just saw a crash live on TV, and it’s your favorite F1 driver. Now that it’s been established that he’s going to be okay (probably due to the F1 Halo), you wonder what will happen to the car that costs millions of dollars to build. Well, buckle
Editorial credit: classic topcar / Shutterstock.com As vehicle technology advances and lighter and stronger materials are applied to production cars, they become much faster. In some cases, they can match or even beat the top speed of an F1 car- so is the Koenigsegg faster than F1? In 2017, the Koenigsegg Agera RS set an