MARCH RACE TECH

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HARD AND FAST RULEMAKERS: Chris Pickering continues his conversation with FIA aero chief Jason Somerville about the thinking process behind Formula 1’s regulations for 2026– and how Fangio is back…

RITORNO AL FUTURO: Thirty-five years after its last WRC appearance, Lancia was finally back at January’s Rallye Monte-Carlo –albeit not yet at the very top level, as Anthony Peacock reveals

LAUNCH CONTROL: The FIA Safety Department has developed a new rear-wheel protection system to reduce the likelihood of karts becoming airborne following collisions, as Chris Pickering discovers

TRANSMISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Xtrac CEO Adrian Moore gives Chris Pickering the lowdown on the latest trends in motorsport transmission in everything from Formula E to Le Mans to Formula 1

GROUP B OR NOT GROUP B? Chris Pickering speaks to Tolman Motorsport founder Chris Tolman about the gradual reintroduction of once-outlawed Group B machinery into historic rallying and on the road

RETURN OF THE ‘LAST OF THE LATE BRAKERS’: F1 2026 sparks the biggest overhaul of the sport’s brakes in a generation. AP Racing Principal Design Engineer Dan Woodcock explains