F1 power units will undergo a major overhaul from 2026, but over the years the sport’s engines have already been through a series of radical transformations. The history of Formula 1 engines can ...

As of the 2025 F1 season, Formula 1 engines are 1.6-liter turbocharged V6 hybrid power units, with two electric motors: MGU-K and MGU-H. But this simple fact is merely the tip of a technological ...

For budding car enthusiasts, it's a badge of honor to correctly identify the number of cylinders in an engine just by its exhaust note. The number of cylinders plays a vital role in how an engine ...

"There are no bad ideas in a brainstorm," they say. Only slightly lesser well known is, "if there's a four stroke piston engine that's not a radial, Formula 1's tried it." There have been inline fours ...