The FIA has abandoned the unsightly rain wheel cover solution aiming to mitigate spray from Formula 1 wet weather conditions. Mercedes originally tested a solution last term at... read more »

Ferrari recently helped the FIA with the evaluation of a more complete wheel guard concept during runs at Fiorano to see if it could help reduce spray.The design was much more... read more »

Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman thinks that the FIA needs to completely redesign the spray gurads following recent test with the latest version of the special wheel cover that... read more »

Ferrari completed an FIA test last Thursday at Fiorano to trial the second attempt at introducing spray guards to cover the wheels in the wet, in a bid to reduce the amount of... read more »

Ferrari has completed a test of two different tyre guard concepts aimed at reducing spray from Formula One cars in wet conditions. read more »

Ferrari was pictured on Thursday running some peculiar (to put it mildly) looking wet-weather tyre guards at its Fiorano test circuit as Formula 1 continues to evaluate... read more »

Photos from the test showed Charles Leclerc's brother Arthur driving the 2023 Ferrari SF-75 with fully covered front and rear full-wet tyres. The guards include two holes... read more »

The FIA's single seater boss Nikolas Tombazis has revealed the reason for the delay in finding a solution to reducing the amount of spray thrown up in wet weather. read more »

The FIA has been evaluating ways of adding covers to wheels in rainy conditions to help minimise spray being thrown up, which can severely restrict visibility.Trials of an... read more »

Decisions reached at today's WMSC meeting in Zurich include more tyre testing, research into spray in wet weather and an increase to the maximum fine that can be applied. read more »

A first trial of an idea at Silverstone in July did not yield the results hoped for, with the wheel-fairings used only reducing the spray thrown up by a small amount.F1 chiefs... read more »

A run of rain-impacted events has highlighted a major problem the current generation of ground effect F1 cars have in throwing up too much spray.Visibility has been... read more »

A late downpour caused the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix sprint race to be delayed. The field was then led by the safety car for five formation laps ahead of a rolling start.The... read more »

Heavy showers, which had all but prevented running in Friday's single free practice session, continued to wreak havoc on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, with the start for... read more »

Gasly's opinion centres on the ongoing visibility problem F1 drivers face when running in the wet with the new ground effect generation of cars, which lift huge volumes of... read more »

To reduce spray after a late downpour, five formation laps were run behind the safety car ahead of a rolling start.Although drivers reported conditions were clear for... read more »

A Red Bull engineer failed in his attempt to spray Sky Sports pit lane reporter, Ted Kravitz, with champagne, in an attempt to interrupt his live broadcast after the Hungarian... read more »

Unfortunately, the first track running of the prototype wheel arches or 'spray guards', as some are informally calling them, was not an instant success.However, as a... read more »

Racing in rain and spray is now Formula One's biggest safety concern and a trial of a mudguard-style device next week should be fast-tracked onto the cars if it works,... read more »

Formula 1 drivers are backing a trial of a device aimed at reducing spray in the rain - and said races should not be started if visibility is bad. read more »

Formula One teams will test a bolt-on wheel cover aimed at reducing spray in wet conditions next week. read more »

Mercedes and McLaren are set to test a new wheel arch component at Silverstone in the upcoming weeks which would dramatically decrease the amount of spray from a wet track surface. read more »

Lando Norris has stated that a lack of visibility due to spray after rainfall is "one of the next biggest topics" that needs changing in Formula 1. read more »

Formula Regional driver van 't Hoff was killed on Saturday on the final lap of the race after spinning on the Kemmel straight in heavy rain and being hit by a following... read more »

Van 't Hoff, an 18-year-old talent racing for Dutch team MP Motorsport, was killed when he crashed on the Kemmel straight in heavy rain and was then hit laterally by a... read more »