wind tunnel

Newey follows a major recruitment programme, as well as the building of a new factory and wind tunnel.

In a windowless shack on the far outskirts of Fresno, an ominious red glow illuminates a lab filled with X-ray machines, shelves of glowing boxes, a quietly humming incubator and a miniature wind tunnel.

Stroll has already invested hundreds of millions in a state-of-the-art new factory and wind tunnel at the team’s base across the road from Silverstone Circuit, and an engineering team packed with big names.

The Canadian billionaire has already invested hundreds of millions in a new factory, including a state-of-the-art wind tunnel, and secured a factory engine partnership with Honda from 2026.

Often, teams are finding that the CFD says one thing, the wind tunnel another, and the car behaves differently again when it gets out on track.