A new IndyCar exhibit has opened this month approximately 50 miles southeast Boston at the Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich, Massachusetts: "Start Your Engines! Cars and Stars of the Indy 500.""We wanted to be sure to show the evolution of race car design," said Jennifer Madden, the museum's director...

IndyCar CEO Mark Miles says the series has looked at Formula 1's regulations to ensure it does not design a car that has an adverse effect on racing.2017 has seen new aerodynamic regulations introduced in F1, with increased downforce levels resulting in faster lap times. However, with the wider cars...

Haas chief designer Rob Taylor believes the American Formula 1 team's technical partnership with Ferrari is like a double-edged sword.Taylor said receiving non-listed parts from the Italian team saves a lot of legwork, but the downside is Haas has little knowledge of what to expect in terms of concept until...

Both design and aerodynamics are crucial to the success of Ford GT. Ford's Garen Nicoghosian, exterior design manager, Ford Motor Company, and Bernie Marcus, aerodynamicist, talk about how Ford honored the past while including the latest in design and aerodynamics on the all-new Ford GT."Designing the Ford GT was an...

The experimental wedge-shaped nose that Lotus will run in practice for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix has been revealed.As its unique twin-tusk design will not be legal in 2015, the team has decided to run the experimental nose to compare its real-world performance with wind tunnel data.It was...

Related StoriesFormula 1 chiefs have agreed to a change of technical regulations for next year in a bid to get rid of the current generation of "ugly noses."A quirk of the rules this season aimed at lowering the tip of the noses resulted in some controversial designs. But following criticism...

British constructor Perrinn Limited has made public a first batch of designs from the all-new LMP1 coupe it aims to race in the 2015 World Endurance Championship.The three-dimensional CAD files, which include that of the car's engine cover (pictured), are downloadable. They will be followed by the blueprints of every...

Red Bull Racing technical director Adrian Newey talks about regulation changes, design changes and the discussion revolving around the new car noses in Formula 1 in this official video by the team.

Formula 1 teams are concerned that the 2014 technical regulations are forcing them into aesthetically challenged designs with hooked nose sections, as shown in this AUTOSPORT illustration.The rules for next season require a high chassis of 525mm and a low nose tip at 185mm. But the regulations only demand a...