As part of an effort by grand prix racing’s chiefs to improve overtaking, F1 switched to a ground effect rules concept from the start of the 2022 season. But the nature of the cars means that ...

Ekranoplans are a curious class of vehicle; most well known for several Soviet craft designed to operate at sea, flying just above the waves in ground effect. [rctestflight] had accidentally come ...

The Hawaii Seaglider Initiative is currently testing a ground-effect vehicle for inter-island passenger service that hopes to use the unique characteristics of this type of aircraft to reduce ...

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed the real reason behind Lewis Hamilton's struggles with the W15 F1 car, ...

Between vastly altered rulesets and technological advances, today's F1 cars would almost be unrecognizable 20 years ago ...

However, with the shift to the ground effect era in 2022, Mercedes took a wrong turn in its development path, resulting in significant struggles with its car. Red Bull initially stood alone in ...

The problem has arisen following the introduction of new rules in 2022 which brought back ground-effect cars with venturi underfloors. These floors are an inverted wing that creates a low pressure ...

The Sky Sports F1 pundit and commentator wants cars that are lighter, smaller and noisier, which is a sentiment shared by a lot of the drivers. The current ground-effect cars are slightly narrower ...

Given the dominant performance displayed throughout the weekend, Wolff spoke about the need to better understand the ground effect car. He noted that its unpredictable behavior makes it difficult ...