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Ground Effect: The Loophole That Turned an F1 Car Into a Wing

How Colin Chapman's Lotus team figured out that the whole underside of a car could work as an upside-down wing - and why the discovery was fast enough to get partially banned.

The Engineering Behind a Formula 1 Car, Explained

Carbon fibre survival cells, floors that generate downforce out of thin air, and a hybrid power unit doing more than most road cars twice its size - how an F1 car is actually built.