Archive
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Street circuit vs permanent circuit in F1, explained
The rulebook barely distinguishes them, yet Monaco and Silverstone might as well be different sports.
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The racing line in F1, explained
Outside, in, outside: the invisible path every driver is trying to hold, and the reasons the best ones sometimes choose to leave it.
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F1 suspension, explained: pushrods, torsion bars and ride height
It looks like plumbing hidden behind carbon fibre, but F1 suspension is the mechanical system holding the aerodynamic platform together, and in the ground-effect era it decides whether the floor works at all.
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Porpoising in F1, explained
The 2022 ground-effect cars found a way to make downforce and discomfort arrive in the same violent rhythm, and it took a season of regulation to beat it out of them.
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The F1 floor and diffuser, explained
How a flat piece of carbon fibre under the car generates more downforce than the wings, and why a few millimetres of ride height decide whether it works or bites back.