A single line in the technical regulations has sparked months of debate — here’s how the compression ratio saga unfolded and ...

The compression ratio battle is reaching crunch time.

A political firestorm has been brewing in Formula 1 in recent weeks and months over whether engine manufacturers have found a loophole in the new 2026 technical regulations.

Engine compression ratios have become a hot topic ...

Formula One will undergo one of the biggest overhauls in its 75-year history in 2026. Arguably its biggest ever. Never before has there been such a fundamental redesign of both power units and ...

The FIA is racing to resolve a dispute over Mercedes' engine compression ratios before Melbourne after protests from Red Bull, Ferrari, and Audi.

Even before the 2026 calendar year has begun, the first controversy under F1's new ruleset has already surfaced. It concerns the engine regulations, and more specifically the compression ratio of the ...

A fundamental difference between gasoline and diesel engines is that a gasoline engine uses spark ignition while a diesel engine uses compression ignition. Before we delve deeper, let's understand how ...

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

We might be covering ground that's well trampled for many, but the static compression ratio of an engine is simple to understand: it's all the volume of a cylinder above the compression ring at Bottom ...

For more than a century now, automotive engineers have struggled with an unavoidable balancing act when it comes to engine compression. Now, thanks to an innovation from Infiniti, they may get to ...

The engine loophole rumours have sparked much debate.