Racecar Engineering

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It’s (now) a wing thing • After much speculation, Peugeot has taken the wraps off its updated version of the 9X8 prototype and, as predicted, it has sprouted a rear wing

Law of averages • After years of struggling and complaining, the WEC is implementing a new BoP system this year, but with some key details hidden

A sportscar named Desire • Isotta Fraschini is the latest Hypercar to enter the FIA World Endurance Championship, reviving a legendary name in a modern world

Power Unit 2.0 • Formula 1 has been racing with hybrids for a decade now, but a new era begins in 2026. Racecar spoke to FIA single seater director, Nikolas Tombazis, to find out what we should expect under the new engine regime

Back to the future • The FIA has recommended that the World Rally Championship drop hybrid powertrains for 2025 with a view to a new rule set for 2026. The FIA’s David Richards and Andrew Wheatley take us through the plans

Star fighter • British racecar constructor, Jedi, turns 40 this year, and its diminutive creation is still turning heads, winning races and shaking up the motorsport establishment

Transit authority • Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s SuperVan 4.2, a 2000bhp electric van built to promote Ford’s E-Transit platform (and break a few records in the process)

Control environment • How the increasingly complex world of motorsport electronics is, for now at least, an open avenue of performance development

Just press print • Racecar investigates the current state-of-the-art in 3D printing technology and asks if AI is poised to take over the industry

Spreading disease • Why motorsport must stop the insanity of ever-tighter technical regulations

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To be or not to be? • The ongoing case for, and against, hybrids in motorsport