While the 2025 F1 season has just concluded, all sights are now set on the next campaign and the biggest shake-up in Formula One’s rules in at least a decade. New engine and chassis regulations ...

Formula 1 has always been a sport where the rulebook is treated less like a […] ...

Engine compression ratios have become a hot topic ...

A technical loophole involving thermal expansion has triggered accusations, secret letters to the FIA, and a war of words between teams over who'll dominate the 2026 F1 season ...

Is the 2026 title already decided? Rivals Audi and Ferrari protest Mercedes' \"thermal expansion trick\" that allegedly ...

Lewis Hamilton criticizes Formula 1's new technical regulations, calling them 'ridiculously complex' and claiming that 'none ...

F1’s 2026 rules set a 16:1 compression ratio limit for engine cylinders. This caps how much the engine can squeeze fuel before burning it — the more you squeeze, the hotter it gets and the more power ...

There are a couple of new power unit manufacturers in F1 ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Takashi Ayoma / Getty, Antonio Calanni / AP Formula 1’s car design revolution for 2026 is the biggest in a generation. Not only are the chassis designs ...

There is a dispute between F1s teams over a rule limiting the compression ratio in the new power units for 2026; watch the ...

Here's everything you need to know about the wholesale changes ...