How the downwash solution ended up winning F1’s sidepod war

However, despite some clearly more prescriptive regulations, there were distinct differences between each machine, with the sidepods, in particular, offering a wide variety of design solutions.

Now, a year and a half into this regulatory era, we have started to see a wholesale shift towards one of these concepts – the downwash solution – as teams realise it best serves the overall aerodynamic needs of the current rules.

Alpine, AlphaTauri and…