You might have heard about high compression ratios, but what exactly are they, and what kind of effect do they have on an ...

Formula 1 bosses are moving towards a rule change that would close a loophole rivals believe Mercedes have exploited in the ...

Engine compression ratios have become a hot topic ...

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. Mercedes and Red Bull may ...

Nissan brought the first, and only, variable-compression engine to market. But its future doesn't look bright. Complexity in ...

A.Here's a pressure-volume diagram for a combustion engine. Although rough, it is an approximation of the so-called air-standard cycle. '' Point (a) is at atmospheric pressure, after which the air is ...

Increasing an engine’s compression ratio is a proven way of unlocking extra horsepower, but there’s a point of diminishing returns. The team at Garage 54, the Russian mechanics who built a V16 using ...

Zak Brown has dismissed the swelling controversy over compression ratios and Mercedes power units as nothing more 'typical ...

With the combustion chamber being the root of all horsepower, it only makes sense that you start spec'ing an engine build there. One of the key variables in engine building is compression ratio, or ...

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

Mercedes could come out on the losing side of a critical vote regarding the engine regulations as other power manufacturers ...