Formula 1 Dictionary : Paintwork
Forget showroom shine. In Formula 1, paintwork is a weapon. It cools, it protects, it cheats the air…
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Formula 1 Dictionary : Medical Warning Light
The Medical Warning Light is Formula 1’s blunt instrument for common sense. When a crash spikes the car’s…
Formula 1 Dictionary : Plank Or Skid block
The skid block — also called the plank — is the FIA’s low-tech lie detector. It sits under…
Formula 1 Dictionary : Movable Floor
Welcome to the spicy corner of ground-effect aerodynamics: the movable floor. No, teams aren’t bolting on trap doors.…
Formula 1 Dictionary : Race Control
Forget shiny garages and smug pit walls. The real puppet masters sit in Race Control. It’s the bunker…
Formula 1 Dictionary : NOS – Nitrous Oxide
Let’s kill the myth fast: NOS is not street-legal rocket fuel for Formula 1. It’s nitrous oxide—N2O—a chemical…
Formula 1 Dictionary : 2014 Nose Cone Design
The 2014 nose cone rules didn’t just tweak aesthetics, they detonated them. Overnight, F1 went from sleek predators…
Formula 1 Dictionary : Proban
Heard “Proban” tossed around in F1 circles and wondered if you missed a tech directive? Relax. This isn’t…
Formula 1 Dictionary : Packers
Let’s kill the mystery. Packers are the physical spacers on a Formula 1 car’s suspension that limit how…
Formula 1 Dictionary : Rapid Prototyping
In Formula 1, rapid prototyping is the art of turning an idea into a part before your coffee…