Glossary

This is the Formula 1 Glossary page. On this page you can find all sorts of Formula 1 terms you hear during Grand Prix events around the world.

The glossary list below is sorted by alphabet.

Active Suspension

Aerodynamics

Backmarker

Bargeboard

Blistering

Blue flag

Bodywork

Brake Balance

Camber

CE

Chassis

Chicane

Clean Air

Cockpit

Compound

Debrief

Degradation

Diffuser

Dirty Air

Disqualified

DNF

Downforce

Drag

Drive through penalty

DRS

ECU

ES

EX

FIA

FOM

Formation Lap

Fuel rig

G-force

GDPA

Graining

Grand Prix

Grid

Grip

Ground effect

HANS device

ICE

IP - Intellectual Property

Intermediates

Installation Lap

Jump start

Lock-up

Marbles

Marshal

MGU-H

MGU-K

Monocoque

Overcut

Oversteer

Out brake

Paddock

Parc Fermé

Pits

Pit board

Pit crew

Pit lane

Pit stop

Pit wall

Plank

Podium

Pole position

Qualifying

Retirement

Race engineer

Red flag

Scrutineering

Sidepod

Shakedown

Slicks

Slipstream

Steward

Suspension

Safety car

Silly season

Stop and go penalty

Super Licence

Turbo Charger (TC)

Traction Control

Tear-off

Telemetry

Torque

Traction

Turbulence

Tyre strategy

Tyre blanket

Undercut

Understeer

Vortex Generator

VSC - Virtual Safety Car

Wheel gun

Wing endplate

Wind tunnel correlation

Yellow flag

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