The 2024 Formula 1 season kicked off with three-time world champion Max Verstappen taking the top spot at the Bahrain Grand Prix. During races, it often looks like sparks are shooting out from the ...

The sparks flying off the back of the cars were a permanent part of Formula 1 in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the halcyon days of Alain Prost, Gerhard Berger, Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna.

Alongside the reintroduction of turbos and fierce, inter-team rivalry, F1 became fully retro in 2015 when titanium skid blocks were fitted to the underneath of the machines. The return of sparks ...

Not everyone loves F1's new sparks. Last year, also to beef up the safety of the cars, F1 decided to return to its spark-laden past by adding titanium to the skid blocks in 2015. So far ...

Alongside the reintroduction of turbos and fierce, inter-team rivalry, F1 became fully retro in 2015 when titanium skid blocks were fitted to the underneath of the machines. The return of sparks ...