24 October

F1 hybrid engine. Hybrids are the fastest race cars in the world, both F1 and also sports cars. Hybrids were introduced at Le Mans in 2012. They've won every race since. When you drive a hybrid though, you very quickly wish the petrol part would go away completely. Every time that combustion part kicks in, it's disappointing, the clunky noise. When Mercedes F1 engineers were asked how they'd like to improve F1 hybrid engines, they said 'we'd like to reduce the size of the petrol part even further.' All engines converge upon electric as the optimum technology. Everything else is just a detour to that point.