Feb 19, 2026 – 10.02am

For the Grand Prix races of the mid-1930s, the technical rule book was remarkably simple: it said little more than “a race car must not weigh more than 750kg”.

As long as designers met that condition, it didn’t matter how big their engine was, how wide or narrow the tyres, what fuel they were using, or how frighteningly dangerous the design.

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