Formula 1’s 2026 cars will have less powerful Venturi tunnels in a move that should stop the difficulties of the current cars needing to run so close to the ground
Since ground-effect cars returned from the start of 2022, Formula 1 engineers have faced big headaches in working out ways to get the most performance from them. In particular, the difficulty has been in managing the compromise between the aero and mechanical platforms, with the cars liking to run super close to the ground because that is where they produce the most downforce.
F1 2026 FIA car renders Photo by: FIA The FIA’s head of single-seater matters Nikolas Tombazis said: “It is much less of a Venturi effect than the current generation. “The main driving force for that is we wanted to have cars that are not quite running as close to the ground as current cars, so maybe we try to relax a bit that aerodynamic mechanism.
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