Mercedes is hoping to completely offset the deficit it faces in wind tunnel and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) usage compared to its competitors as a result of winning last year’s constructors’ championship.New rules this year allocate teams’ wind tunnel and CFD time on a sliding scale, with the previous season’s...

Formula 1 has released images of the wind tunnel testing it has been carrying out with a 2021 car model in order to check its aerodynamic impact.The sport wants to introduce significant regulation changes in 2021, designed to make it easier for a following car to stay close to the...

NASCAR took six cars after the Consumers Energy 400 at Michigan International Speedway for wind tunnel and engine testing.Two cars were taken from each manufacturer.: Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski (Ford), Austin Dillon and Chase Elliott (Chevy) and Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin (Toyota).Officials have regularly taken cars for such...

As a rule, 6-foot-3-inch men don't make real good flat-track motorcycle racers, and we can all be thankful that Dave Despain found another calling.For the past four decades, Despain has been in front of the camera for some of the best and most-watched motorsports shows on television, from Motor Week,...

Rival Formula 1 teams are better than Williams at exploiting the regulations, concedes its technical chief Pat Symonds.F1's technical regulations have been overhauled for 2017, creating faster, wider cars with bigger tires. Major rules overhauls can often give teams scope to find an edge by exploiting gray areas. Symonds admits...

Wind tunnels could one day be rendered obsolete in Formula 1 if teams are able to upgrade their dated CFD systems, says McLaren racing director Eric Boullier.A wind tunnel ban with greater CFD use was proposed at Monday's meeting of the F1 Strategy Group as the push to reduce costs...

Force India has pushed back the introduction of its B-spec Formula 1 car until the Austrian Grand Prix in late June, according to deputy team principal Bob Fernley.The manufacturing of the 2015 chassis was delayed because of an issue with suppliers and a decision to switch wind tunnels to Toyota's...

Related StoriesWilliams would be against a ban on wind tunnel use in Formula 1, according to its deputy team principal Claire Williams.Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has suggested F1 should be willing to consider such a ban as an "extreme" money-saving measure. But the Williams team believes such a...

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes Formula 1 should consider a ban on wind tunnel use as a radical cost-cutting measure. With the costs of running a Formula 1 team still in the spotlight on the eve of the 2015 season, Horner has outlined to AUTOSPORT his ideas for...

The Force India Formula 1 team will use Toyota's wind tunnel facilities for all its aerodynamic testing during the 2015 season and beyond.The Japanese manufacturer's wind tunnel in Cologne, Germany is regarded as one of the best in Europe, and it has been used by several teams in recent years....