The truth about F1's controversial 2026 cars

"getting in new manufactures" and yet keep blocking Andretti with Caddilac

Fernando 400iq play move to stay with Honda. They will produce a GP2 engine whereas all other engines will be as slow as an F3 🤯

So slower, heavier, more complex cars with less room to overtake and weird power delivery rules ... Well done f1

The Fia will shortly introduce speed limits to make sure it’s an exercise in safety and we all cancel our f1 subscription

Give us smaller, lighter cars (⁠ب⁠_⁠ب⁠)

Ah yes, nothing sends a more powerful environmental message than taking millions in ARAMCO oil money ... oh F1 get over yourselves and just let them build fast cars ffs

As I said many times: adapt LMP1H rules (~2016) to open wheel cars and you'll have different engines, more different aero, very close grid racing wheel to wheel for the whole race. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. The money for those regulations is in F1, it should be used there.

In my opinion, if F1 goes ahead with these regulations, there needs to be a break away series. •V10 run on synthetic fuels •Smaller, lighter cars (2000s spec with Halo) •18 races a year with no street races Electric and technology doesn't equal better racing and at the end of the day it is motorsport, we want to see racing. I guarantee there would be more interest in the sport from the drivers as well as fans.

This might be the worst set of new rules I have seen in my 20 years of watching. What an absolute cluster f*ck....

'Designated areas' Lord when will it stop.

What I don’t understand is why they talk about road relevance. It used to be that it was innovations in Motorsport that then made their way to consumer vehicles, not the other way around.

"We are targeting lighter cars by tripling the needed amount of electric energy, because the batteries will be lighter"..... it just doesn't add up

ICE with sustainable alcohol as fuel would have been simpler, lighter, cheaper and a better show.

DRS is staying and even being added to front wings Override is just the good old engine maps / overtake button / party mode being overregulated and morphed into a DRS-tier gimmick, with an official name Pirelli cancelled the 16 inch rims because teams wouldn't give them enough testing I don't have any faith in these new regs tbh

I already hate these rules. I don't think the cars have lost nearly enough weight or size either. There's already too much going on on the steering wheel for a start. Too many driver aids, now they want to add more active aero? I already despise DRS, now they're adding more drag reduction components. Its taken many years to try and perfect DRS and it's still off at certain tracks. Now we're gonna spend another decade trying to balance these things? They're too complex as well. Commentators will spend all of the race explaining why the car was responsible for a lost position.

F1 continually harps on the race cars' "sustainability", even while each team moves the equivalent of a small city from race to race and with F1 personal flying in company or private jets.

F1 would have a seventh engine manufacturer in GM/Cadillac if the teams didn't keep blocking their entry with Andretti.

I'm dreading this a bit. I don't like the incresing inclination towards electric. I understand it is relevant to road cars, but come on. This is Formula 1, it should just be small light cars with fuel.

The loss of the MGU-H is tragic. It's had ten years of development, weighs just 4Kg and allows for at least 2MJ of energy per lap. It almost never fails anymore, it eliminates turbo lag, it has no downsides. If new manufacturers are incapable of making one, just make it a spec part like the hundred other FIA controlled parts common to all teams. It's not like manufacturers are clamouring to enter anyway, we have Audi, Red Bull are getting some Ford stickers, and the existing teams appear terrified of GM's Cadillac division. Binning the MGU-H is the worst decision since they thought it would be good to fit 18" wheels that look like a plastic trim people buy from a struggling high street motor discount shop. Asinine.

They should give the drivers NOS, with a big dramatic button, add stick shifts, and add about 14 extra gears