Carbon fiber, that uber-cool mix of graphite fibers and epoxy that used to be reserved for exotic race cars and fighter jets, is seemingly everywhere these days. Lightweight and space-age ...

F1 had been experimenting with carbon with spotty results. At the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, a fiber wing mount on ... to “handling the most irksome wallpaper in the world.” ...

Carbon fiber, a material that’s now integral to F1 car design, first made its debut in the sport thanks to McLaren's Technical Director John Barnard. In 1981, Barnard introduced the MP4/1 ...