wind tunnel

Official MotoGP testing may have ended at Valencia earlier this month, but Aprilia's test team has been back on track at Jerez while its four 2023 race riders headed to the wind tunnel.

The proposal to ban wind tunnels is being pledged in the name of reducing costs... but Max Yamabiko argues this is a simply a veil for less scrupulous reason

Ferrari says that it is focussing on aerodynamic developments for its new car, despite currently being without a wind tunnel at its F1 headquarters in Maranello.

Ferrari has reorganised its technical department to cope with the demands of producing its car for the new 2014 regulations alongside next year's challenger.

Ferrari's much-maligned wind tunnel has come under further scrutiny as Fernando Alonso struggles to keep his position at the top of the F1 world championship.

Nick Heidfeld tried out a new, more conventionally rearward-facing exhaust on Lotus Renault GP's struggling R31 during Friday practice at the N?rburgring - but the signs are it is not ready to be used just yet...

The notoriously unforgiving Italian media has accused Ferrari of an absence of imagination in the design of its F150? Italia, with the in-season testing ban similarly hampering the Scuderia's efforts to compete

McLaren Racing managing director Jonathan Neale reveals that whilst unconventional aerodynamic doctrine CFD does have a 'vital' place in F1, the demise of the more traditional wind tunnel is not yet in sight

In a hi-tech sport where just one tenth of a second can make the difference between popping corks on the podium and packing up early, F1 teams are constantly reassessing and evolving their car, knowing that the smallest change can make a massive difference on track.