In barely 18 months, the first Red Bull-Ford-powered F1 car is set to roll down pit lane. We visit Red Bull Racing to see how ...

BMW brought the technology back to production cars in 1973, while the engines continued to dominate Formula 1 and other race programs. Today, reliable turbocharged engines are a common way for ...

The lack of noise in Formula 1 isn’t really the problem a lot of people make it out to be. I’ve attended F1 races from the initial turbo era in the early 80s (when they sounded “low pitched ...

At a glance, IndyCar looks a lot like Formula 1. The highest class of open-wheel car racing in the United States, Indy drivers race on a combination of oval, street, and road courses.

New Formula 1 race car: ... To start, these cars next year will still run the same turbo-hybrid V6 engines that fans and drivers are used to, but in the mid-2020s, ...

Some of the best viewing on any F1 broadcast is the onboard cameras showcasing the drivers at work. But why do some cars got ...

"The viscosity for the oil in NHRA is 70," England says. "Nitro 70X is our formulation of that. It’s special. It has a lot of ...

Race cars are cool and all, but what about the engines that power them? After all, without those, there wouldn’t be much racing. Yesterday, we asked you for your favorite race engines, and you ...

Credit: Dan Istitene - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images F1 cars use engines with thermal efficiencies that even a Prius could only dream about. They are not the cause of the sport's carbon ...

On average, a Formula 1 car can reach speeds just above 220 mph. F1 cars can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in just 2.6 seconds . The official fastest speed by an F1 driver is 372.5 kph , or about ...

Just like a thoroughbred race horse, an F1 car needs a delicate touch and careful preparation ... The myth is down to the extreme tolerances used in F1 racing engines, like the 15,000 rpm V10 in ...