Power unit
Mercedes' 2027 ERS deployment map is the real upgrade
Full-distance dyno data suggests the gains are in recovery under braking, not peak output — which changes how the car is driven, not just how fast it is.
The engineering desk
Upgrade tracking, aero analysis and regulation reading, from the people who photograph the floors in the pit lane at seven in the morning.
Aero · Deep dive
The floor edge that turned McLaren's season around
Three races, three revisions, and a fence geometry the rest of the grid is now copying. We overlay Barcelona spec against Zandvoort spec and explain what the vortex is actually doing under the plank.
Dr. Anya Petrov · 12 min · 14 Aug 2026
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Tyres
The C4 has a two-lap window and everyone is planning around it
Pirelli's mid-season construction change narrowed the peak-grip band. We plotted every stint of the last four races to show where it bites.
Regulations
What the flexi-wing test change actually measures
The load points moved 40mm outboard. Two teams brought new front wings the same weekend. That is not a coincidence, and the FIA says so.
Aero
Ferrari's Monza rear wing is already in the wind tunnel — and it's tiny
Spa's low-drag package was a dress rehearsal. The Monza spec goes further than anything on the grid since 2023.