2022: Return of ground effect under new aero regulations
Formula 1, in its infinite wisdom, decided the best way to fix the modern racing problem was to go back…
Historic rule changes
2014: Turbo-hybrid V6 engines introduced – end of V8 era
If 2009 was a design reset, 2014 was an existential one. Formula 1 ripped out the glorious, high-revving, naturally aspirated…
2009: Major aero overhaul – wider front wings, narrower rear, slick tyres return
By 2008, Formula 1 cars looked like something HR Giger would sketch during a Red Bull bender. Winglets on winglets.…
2005: One-tyre-per-race rule – and the “what were we thinking?” reversal in 2006
In 2005, Formula 1 introduced a regulation so weird, so unpopular, and so instantly regretted, it lasted about as long…
1994: Ban on active suspension, traction control, ABS – after Senna’s death
Formula 1 in the early ’90s was starting to look less like a race and more like a DARPA experiment…
1983: Ground effect banned – flat bottoms mandated for safety
By the early ’80s, Formula 1 cars weren’t so much driving as they were vacuum-sealing themselves to the asphalt. Enter:…
1961: Engine capacity reduced from 2.5L to 1.5L – a dramatic downsizing era
Picture it: Formula 1, 1960. The cars are loud, brutish, and unashamedly overpowered. Stirling Moss is flinging a 2.5-liter monster…
