"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 ...

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 ...