Forget rocket fuel or exotic blends — Formula 1 cars run on high-performance unleaded petrol. It’s not that different from what you’d put in a road car, just refined to insane levels of consistency and purity. The current spec What’s…
Formula 1 cars might look impossibly light and agile, but in today’s hybrid era they’re actually heavier than ever. The official number (2025) Why so heavy now? Context check The drivertalk take The weight creeps up every regulation cycle —…
Modern Formula 1 cars don’t shout their numbers from a spec sheet — but under the bodywork, they’re putting out power levels that would make a hypercar blush. The current figure What it means The future (2026 regs) The drivertalk…
F1 cars are built for corners, not drag racing — but they’re still blisteringly fast in a straight line. The real magic is how quickly they get there and how much speed they carry. Top speed Acceleration Cornering speed This…
Forget the old screaming V10s and V12s — today’s Formula 1 power units are hybrids, part rocket science, part battery pack, and all about efficiency squeezed into speed. The current formula (since 2014) Who builds them As of 2025, F1…
Yes — but not in the way you’d drive your road car. How it works Why left-foot braking? The only clutch action The drivertalk take Yes, F1 drivers drive two-footed. Onboards make it look easy, but it’s a brutal dance:…
No — Formula 1 cars do not use ABS (Anti-lock Braking Systems). Why not? How it works instead The drivertalk take No ABS, no safety net. Every heavy braking zone is a trust exercise between man, machine, and physics. Get…
McLaren owned Zandvoort all weekend… until Oscar Piastri decided to make it his. After Lando Norris swept practice, the Aussie dropped a 1:08.662 when it mattered, nicking pole by twelve thousandths. That’s a photo finish you can measure in fingernails.…
Nope. Formula 1 cars do not have traction control — and they haven’t for over 20 years. The history What this means today The drivertalk take No traction control is exactly what makes modern F1 so visceral. Those little wobbles,…
No — Formula 1 cars are strictly rear-wheel drive. Why not AWD? But hasn’t it been tried? Yes. In the 1960s and early ’70s, several teams experimented with four-wheel drive: The drivertalk take No AWD, no gimmicks — just raw,…
