Formula 1 cars have grown wider, longer, and heavier in the last 20 years

Making a race car bigger and heavier may seem counterproductive, but that’s exactly what’s happened to Formula 1 cars over the past two decades. Red Bull Racing recently brought out its first F1 car—the RB1 from the 2005 season—for a comparison with the current RB20 at a very wet Silverstone circuit. David Coulthard, who raced the RB1…Making a race car bigger and heavier may seem counterproductive, but that’s exactly what’s happened to Formula 1 cars over the past two decades. Red Bull Racing recently brought out its first F1 car—the RB1 from the 2005 season—for a comparison with the current RB20 at a very wet Silverstone circuit. David Coulthard, who raced the RB1…