2026 F1 regs

[The Hypno-Toad]

kambites said:

They're going to have a short-term power boost for the following car instead. I wonder if it'll feel any less artificial?

Not sure. They probably need to check with Team Penske about that one.

[Blib]

The_Race's take on the 2026 regs.

[WilsonWilson]

Seems the details in the OP are pretty close. Wonder what has taken them so long to finalise. It's a shame that the wheel covers live on, I think they make the cars look really naff and dowdy. Especially, when teams like McLaren and Sauber paint designs on them.

[Stealthracer]

Still too bloody big.

[SmoothCriminal]

Just intime for the other teams to catch up and then boom regs change so one team dominates.

You think they'd learn after how exciting 21 was and then the absolute dross we have endured so far with max 30 seconds up the road

[kambites]

Stealthracer said:

Still too bloody big.

Yep but at least it's a (small) step in the right direction. The wheelbase is only 20cm longer than a LWB 7-series now rather than 40cm!

[marine boy]

Sandpit Steve said:

CT05 Nose Cone said:

Concept doesn't look bad, hopefully the regulations will force the teams to actually paint them as well.

We can all blame Toto Wolff for that one, when he did the interview about weight saving and said that they asked everyone in the team how they could save weight over the winter - and the winners by far were the marketing department, who managed to go from 6kg to 3.5kg of paint and stickers, as the engineers were saving a few grams here and a few grams there.

Now everyone’s on the ‘let’s not paint the car if we can avoid it’ train.

Maybe Mercedes are slow because their lightweight 3.5kg livery job is 2.5kgs too heavy

[ajprice]

2005 wants it's front wings back

[Sandpit Steve]

Those end pieces of the front wings look like they’ll give an instant puncture to any other car’s tyre that comes close to them.

[CT05 Nose Cone]

marine boy said:

Sandpit Steve said:

CT05 Nose Cone said:

Concept doesn't look bad, hopefully the regulations will force the teams to actually paint them as well.

We can all blame Toto Wolff for that one, when he did the interview about weight saving and said that they asked everyone in the team how they could save weight over the winter - and the winners by far were the marketing department, who managed to go from 6kg to 3.5kg of paint and stickers, as the engineers were saving a few grams here and a few grams there.

Now everyone’s on the ‘let’s not paint the car if we can avoid it’ train.

Maybe Mercedes are slow because their lightweight 3.5kg livery job is 2.5kgs too heavy

Shame the marketing team didn't realise iconic liveries make new fans, and hence money

[Scoobydrew95]

Big Nanas said:

The PU specs were agreed a couple of years ago. The same 1.6 V6.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/more-ef...

Thanks! Missed that one.

[thegreenhell]

Drivers not impressed so far - https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alonso-making-2...

[Supersam83]

Thoughts of Adrian Newey at his drawing board designing a monster already...

[Big Nanas]

Sandpit Steve said:

Those end pieces of the front wings look like they’ll give an instant puncture to any other car’s tyre that comes close to them.

Exactly this. At first glance they look like the old narrower front wings and you think "thank god, no more annoying front wing damage", but then you see those things.... sigh.

[PhilAsia]

TheDeuce said:

Cold said:

The 10mm width reduction will almost certainly mean Monaco will become an overtaking fest.

Try again...

C'mon now, we've had the metric system nearly 60 years

225 years...

[TheDeuce]

PhilAsia said:

TheDeuce said:

Cold said:

The 10mm width reduction will almost certainly mean Monaco will become an overtaking fest.

Try again...

C'mon now, we've had the metric system nearly 60 years

225 years...

It's been the official UK system for just 60 years

[PhilAsia]

TheDeuce said:

PhilAsia said:

TheDeuce said:

Cold said:

The 10mm width reduction will almost certainly mean Monaco will become an overtaking fest.

Try again...

C'mon now, we've had the metric system nearly 60 years

225 years...

It's been the official UK system for just 60 years

Didn't realise it was the Royal "we"

[hondajack85]

Wonder why Ross and co couldnt see the problems the last regs would cause.
A narrower front wing would have avoided all that outwash nonsense and also reduced them breaking off in a 2 car battle.
No wonder he cleared off double quick after they hit the track and bounced all over the place in a pretty stupid fashion.

[budgie smuggler]

A slightly more positive take on it by Mark Hughes

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/uncate...

[Crudeoink]

X mode, Z mode, push to pass and big batteries. It really does seem like a step closer to Formula E, at least we dont have the 'Fan Boost' and 'Attack Mode' rubbish yet. Nonetheless hopefully we'll see a shakeup in the order for a bit!