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Glossary

Formula 1 Glossary: Comprehensive List of Terms for GP Fans

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

ADUO System

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

Flashing backlight

Flowfish

FOM

Formation Lap

Fuel rig

G-force

GBX

GDC

GDPA

Graining

Grand Prix

Grid

Grip

Ground effect

HANS device

Halo

ICE

IP - Intellectual Property

Intermediates

Installation Lap

Jump start

Lock-up

Macarena Wing

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

Power unit

PU-ANC

Qualifying

Retirement

Race engineer

Red flag

Safety car

Scrutineering

Sidepod

Shakedown

Silly season

Slicks

Slipstream

Steward

Stop and go penalty

Straight mode

Super Licence

Suspension

Traction Control

Tear-off

Telemetry

Torque

Traction

Turbo Charger (TC)

Turbulence

Tyre blanket

Tyre strategy

Undercut

Understeer

Vortex Generator

VSC - Virtual Safety Car

Wheel gun

Wind tunnel correlation

Wing endplate

Yellow flag

 

Last updated: 4 Sep 2026, 09:30

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  • Backmarker
  • Bargeboard
  • Blistering
  • Blue flag
  • Bodywork
  • Brake Balance
  • Camber
  • CE (Control Electronics)
  • Chassis
  • Chicane
  • Clean air
  • Cockpit
  • Compound
  • Debrief
  • Degradation (deg)
  • Diffuser
  • Dirty air
  • Disqualified
  • DNF
  • Downforce
  • Drag
  • Drive-through penalty
  • DRS - Drag Reduction System
  • ECU (Engine Control Unit)
  • ES (Energy Store)
  • EX (Engine Exhaust System)
  • FIA (Federation Internationale de l Automobile)
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  • GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers Association)
  • Graining
  • Grand Prix
  • Grid
  • Grip
  • Ground Effect
  • Halo
  • HANS Device in Formula 1 Racing
  • ICE (Internal Combustion Engine)
  • IP (Intellectual Property)
  • Installation Lap
  • Intermediates
  • Jump start
  • Lock-up
  • Marbles
  • Marshal
  • MGU-H
  • MGU-K
  • Monocoque
  • Overcut
  • Oversteer
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  • Parc Fermé
  • Pits
  • Pit board
  • Pit crew
  • Pit lane
  • Pit stop
  • Pit wall
  • Plank
  • Podium
  • Pole position
  • Power Unit
  • Qualifying
  • Retirement
  • Race engineer
  • Red flag
  • Safety Car
  • Scrutineering
  • Sidepod
  • Shakedown
  • Slicks
  • Slipstream
  • Steward
  • Stop-and-go penalty
  • Straight Mode
  • FIA Super Licence
  • Suspension
  • Traction Control
  • Tear-off
  • Telemetry
  • Torque
  • Traction
  • Turbocharger (TC)
  • Turbulence
  • Tyre blanket
  • Tyre strategy
  • Undercut
  • Vortex Generator
  • VSC (Virtual Safety Car)
  • Wheel gun
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