Lando Norris believes McLaren has again become an innovation leader in the wake of its clever diffuser that was unveiled in pre-season testing in Bahrain. read more »

Lando Norris does not think this year's McLaren is "loads better" - but is pleased the team have become innovators again with their eye-catching diffuser. read more »

Like his colleague James Key, team principal Andreas Seidl is intrigued to see if rival constructors try to recreate McLaren's eye-catching new diffuser design. read more »

From Mercedes' unique response to Formula 1's 2021 floor rules, to Ferrari's hidden serrated vanes and McLaren's loophole of the new diffuser regulations, a... read more »

McLaren has hushed suggestions that its rear diffuser for 2021 is a gamechanger for the team, suggesting it will be 'forgotten' before the start of the season. The... read more »

McLaren technical director James Key expects the team's unique diffuser design to be quickly forgotten before the first race of the 2021 F1 season. read more »

The intrigue surrounding the MCL35M's diffuser lies in the central section and what the team has done to work around the new restriction on the height of the strakes that... read more »

The FIA introduced a raft of measures over the winter targeted at slashing downforce to put less strain through the tyres.The new regulations included cutting away a section of... read more »

McLaren technical director James Key has praised the "unique" diffuser design that caught the eye during Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain but believes it will... read more »

McLaren technical director James Key has expressed surprise that no other team has yet replicated their unique diffuser design. read more »

As revealed by Autosport last weekend, the Woking-based team emerged in pre-season testing in Bahrain with a unique diffuser solution that tries to claw back some of the losses... read more »

McLaren's diffuser on the MCL35M has attracted much attention during pre-season testing - but no loopholes have been exploited, says renowned F1 designer Gary Anderson. read more »

Mercedes' rippled floor, along with the McLaren diffuser strake solution, have courted attention - but Ferrari has also introduced a unique arrangement to its 2021 car.The... read more »

McLaren looks to have found a loophole in the 2021 Formula 1 regulations which govern the diffuser, with their development raising a few eyebrows amongst rival teams in the... read more »

But while the focus for many outfits has been on the floor area, and some clever ideas have already appeared, McLaren appears to have stolen a march on rivals with a unique... read more »

The real Mercedes W12 was finally presented in Bahrain for the three days of testing in its final form, and we were able to appreciate the real technical innovations of the... read more »

Scuderia Ferrari have confirmed that they would introduce a new diffuser at the forthcoming Portuguese Grand Prix as the latest step of their development programme. read more »

Ferrari hopes to claw further performance back to its main F1 rivals with the introduction of a new diffuser at this weekend's Portuguese GP. read more »

Ferrari's Head of Performance Development, Enrico Cardile reveals that there will be further updates to the SF1000 in Portugal, mainly to the diffuser. read more »

From 2009 all the way up until 2014 the F1 grid was home to a diffuser arms race, in the hopes of increasing rear end downforce. Once the infamous double diffuser was banned,... read more »

Throughout F1's History we've seen many innovations come and go, more often than not through ingenious loopholes being found in the regulations. One of the best... read more »

In the latest edition of the 'Banned' series, Formula 1's relationship with the exhaust-blown diffuser is explored read more »

In the latest edition of the 'Banned' series, after a slew of protests over the legality of double diffusers in early 2009, the FIA declared that they would be... read more »

Emerging from the ashes of Honda, the Brawn GP team took the Formula 1 world by storm after 2009's significant technical overhaul, winning both titles. Giorgio Piola and... read more »

Our latest episode explaining the technical features of a Formula 1 car focuses on the increasing importance of the diffuser. Giorgio Piola and Jake Boxall-Legge explain what... read more »