Every car engine has quite a few details, ranging from cylinder count to compression ratios. How does changing the compression ratio affect the engine?

Russell expects Hamilton to mention the Mercedes “compression ratio” talk during their Shanghai flight.

Hamilton fears Mercedes’ pace edge may have a controversial ...

Rivals push the sport’s governing body into a midseason tweak as a dispute over compression ratios spills from the garage to ...

If it is a compression thing, I want to understand why the FIA havent done anything... if its not, we have to do a better job ...

Hamilton had high hopes heading into Melbourne but could only put his Ferrari car seventh on the grid, while his old team ...

Formula 1’s governing body has clarified engine regulations after rival manufacturers raised concerns about Mercedes’ power unit potentially exceeding the intended compression limits under race ...

If you want to buy a new car with a five-cylinder engine in the U.S., there's only one choice: the Audi RS3. Recently facelifted for the 2025 model year, the RS3 is Audi Sport's smallest and most fun ...

A Formula 1 rules revolution is making cars lighter and smaller for 2026, with more electrical power. After the biggest ...

Engineers have a lot to think about when designing new engines, and one of the biggest considerations is the shape of the pistons in the cylinders.

The internal combustion engine, for all its mechanical sophistication, still runs on a 19th-century mechanical idea: pistons rising and falling, a crankshaft spinning, a steam-age architecture ...

Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari must understand Mercedes’ apparent power advantage and copy the solution if it proves to be within the rules.