The cars are gonna be so slow. F2 might be on par just about. Expect qualifying to be basically one lap over each session because it takes 2 laps to charge the batteries. Expect the race laps to be 10-15 seconds slower. Removing drag on the straights will nullify any drafting and make it harder to overtake.

These regulations are going to deliver an overly complicated F1 car to the grid. Increased complexity is going to further the speed difference team to team. The cars are going to remain massively overweight, yet narrower tyres and car width will reduce mechanical grip. The concern that we end up with a F1 significantly slower than present would seem to be a legitimate concern, not actual engineers just being obtuse. I would not be surprised to see these regulations pushed back at least a year. For the first time in well over 40 years of being a Formula One fan, I am not in the least looking forward to this change or what is being done to this sport.

Watching the highlights of older GPs and one thing is clear.....the current cars are too big and heavy for exciting close racing. What's always ridiculous is in an aim to 'save money' they change the engine regs, when really it would have been cheaper to stick with the V10s/V8s.

Having a shit battery the same size because they want to save weight but expect twice as much out of it is insane. The teams are telling you the problems, you should listen

1) If you're gonna waste fuel to charge the batteries, might as well use the fuel to propel the car straight away, less loss. hybrid should be exclusively recovered from braking. This is what you get when you let the marketing department design the car. 2) remove mgu-h but add bigger motor and batteries, active aero motors. make car lighter? probably not going to happen.

How come none of these journalist dare say the new rules are shite?

These regulations seem half cooked, at this point I’m hoping for a delay at the very least if not a cancellation and complete rethink.

These regs need a complete rethink, I've never seen this level of uncertainty coming into any other major regs change. I'm in the camp of simplification, a simple V8 engine with the fully sustainable fuel makes the most sense from a motorsports point of view. Unfortunatly the engine manufacturers seem to need a hybrid element to justify them being here...

So if the ICE is forced to run nearly 100% for the whole race, are there plans to make the powertrains into serial hybrids instead of parallel hybrids? This is goin to be a shtshow

Jake Boxall-Legge Seems to be highly dismissive of fairly legitimate concerns that are proving out to be worthy of review. Not the best journalism if reviewed concerning this topic.

The hybrid power units are ridiculous and unnecessary

Stupid gimmick. Im not looking forward to it and I despise these current pickup truck sized cars and the weight. EVs are bs; Im not buying into therm as some kind of future for a number of reasons.

Why is this guy trying so hard to tow the line for these changes nobody wants ? Why is assuming they are making up how bad they are .. what if they just are that bad .

the question is, why is the 50/50 split such a Problem? Old LMP1 HY cars had 500hp ICE and 500hp MGUK as well and raced 24H races with speeds over 330 KM/H.

Indycar needs to jump on the hole in the market F1 is creating. They need to look cool, be loud, go fast and go back to being international. They shouldn't be trying to emulate F1.

It’s 2014 all over again, the factory team who makes the best PU will win the title. 🤷‍♂️

F1 cars are going to go around the lap like a motocross rider using the clutch and revving it all the time 😂

It could also be interesting if we had DRS w/o zones and the 1 second rule, but with a total time of DRS activation (over a race), allocated to each driver to use however/whenever they see fit...that could add a very interesting strategic element...

Honestly, the engine spooling up even when the driver is off the throttle sounds bad but actually isn't. That's how red Bulls blown diffuser engine maps worked and it sounded incredible. The car would be making all sorts of cool sounds while the driver is braking and cornering. Also similar would be the Acura Arx-06 from IMSA weathertech championship making that "chewbacca" sound which is so awesome. Each teams technique for harvesting that extra energy will sound unique and amazing. They meantion it breifly in this video at 13:21

They should’ve changed the PU to a 2.0 V8 to compensate. I’ve heard too many comments from people within F1 worrying that the cars will be slower than F2. Would make a better sound also. I don’t understand getting rid of DRS either. It only gets activated on certain parts of each circuit and then only when the car behind is within 1 second of the car in front. It’s also a technology that’s very applicable to road going hypercars & sportscars.

Actually honda also excels with the MGU H as it does currently

With all due respect JBL, this was almost a useless videos. If no regulations are decided, what’s the point of this video? You are just speculating further on speculation 😅😅 Can we just stick to facts? And probably do these videos when regulations are released? Let’s keep videos from Autosport clean and fact related ☺️☺️

People expecting a repeat of 2014, with either the same (or a different team) are going to be disappointed. The 2014 engine was built around a LOT of new tech (with one team "helping" the FIA determine the design), the 2026 engine will be built on mostly existing tech, and simultaneously detuned and simplified. Any advantages in the power unit will likely be found in the batteries, but even that will be regulated via strict energy flow restrictions. With active aero coming, I doubt the power units will be where the winners are determined, much like today, the top team will be the one who brings the best aero package.

In hindsight, I believe a 2009-ish level of powertrain would be most ideal to satisfy everyone's needs if a KERS-system paired up with the current V6T with synthetic fuel to reduce turbo-lag and to have a push-to-pass option while also claim it's hybrid and green enough. Not really a fan of active aero, while I understand when you have wings and all this technology, it would be a wasted opportunity not to get everything out of it. Also, I'd just let everyone use any tyre on any corner of the car as they wish. So many variables, that it would make most of the development useless, lol.

I don't know why F1 is advocating for this eco friendly style approach. Race cars have always attracted people due to alot of things but one of those things were the beautiful noises different engine configurations gave. This v6 hybrid crap is not appealing to majority of fans including alot of drivers on the grid but realistically F1 won't get rid of this hybrid crap so in that case to make racing fun in my opinion and to go lighter why doesn't F1 just use the 2016 chasis which had v6 hybrids fitted no problem and then just use this current ground effect and curved rear and front wings as well as the sculpted side pods. These regulations produced alot less dirty air than the previous regulations and with the ground effects floors i believe the cars would be much faster than the 2016 cars especially since the engines are much more understood compared to back then as well as the ground effect floors producing more downforce and more efficient downforce. So 2016 chasis but there should be a limit on the cars length and width as i believe Mercedes cars were slightly longer than the others and that's where each year the cars followed the trend of becoming longer and longer. Have this current regs of ground effect floors and curved wing designs , a Halo, 16 inch low profile tyres instead of the large vison obscuring 18s as 16s will be a compromise between the fat profile 13s and the large low profile 18s

Active Aero is demonstrated by the Pagani Heayra...just look for a review of the car to see how active aero could work in practise...

Car manufacturers shoving EV’s down our throats was probably the last straw that convinced me to never buy an EV in my life. Hope this is a lesson that people know what they want better than companies.

Maintaining car balance with active aero in both front and rear wings while maintaining ICE rpms to keep the battery charged all while racing around the track at high speed against other cars. Easy, peasy. If the FIA says it can be done, then it shall be done. Sprint weekends with on FP will certainly be interesting.

Now what is it? Active aero or will they have just 2 modes: on or off? The latter would basically just be a different kind of "DRS". Active aero means the car (wings) are constantly (actively) adjusting themselves and I don't see why you would want to turn that off.

*_Smaller, Lighter and more Agile Cars..._*

Some very fair analysis here. Great stuff

Why is no one talking about how Merc spent 7 years on the 2014 engine that dominated for all those years

Why doesn’t the FIA provide an initial version of the new engine for 2026. Then also give plans and ideas to the teams and then let the teams improve on this initial version

i’m sad the cars will be getting smaller. although it would improve F1 drastically, the big cars with the big wheels look beautiful 😫 best looking F1 cars to date imo

I’m wonder how much of an advantage teams who have experience with active aero with there road cars such as McLaren Aston merc, Ferrari will have over teams who don’t.

The problem is how much of the electric power they use to spool up the Turbos and how much they use it to power the car. How much time will it take to charge? Right now, even with 33 secs worth of deployment, it clips at the end of the 20 secs dash in Baku. With the new regs, the PU will start clipping in the middle of the Monaco tunnel (I am exaggerating ofc). The spoils will go to the team: 1. That improves the efficiency of the ICE 2. Has the better drivability in that the deployment of the electric power and torque in the right areas 3. Has the best recharge and peak deployment How will active aero work? What parts are active (just the wings or the floor inlets)? Will it also include active suspension? That will mean they will invest significantly on dev. Who controls the dev and stop someone from stealing a march? Will they be standard, homologated parts?

Guys….LISTEN TO NEWEY….. HE KNOWS CAR DESIGN…he knows the problems… don’t assume you know better….

I don't know why people keep saying that lighter cars leads to better racing, in the 90's the main reason given for better racing in Indycars was they were much heavier than refueling era F1 cars. More weight led to longer braking distances and better passing opportunities. Lightweight, refueling era f1 was horrendously bad for overtaking.

So racing got less competitive since the 2014 engine change….and they’re taking a step further?? Why would they not realize they need to change course 🤦🏽‍♂️

How are they going to sound? This doesn't seem to be discussed at all

Also the engine as a generator is dumb. Let's have a device 50% efficient with very limited fuel as a charger. It would be much better used directly to power the car.

Engineering explains has the best explanation

I read that Verstappen said he would rather the new formula was for lighter, V-8 engined, cars. I'd rather there be no requirement on number of cylinders or number of drive wheels. Audi, Lancia, Subaru, VW and others seemed to make AWD work pretty well at one time in WRC. And, Ferrari should be able to use V-12 or Flat 12's if they want to. Maybe limit engines to at least 4 cylinders and no more than 16 (or 12). Of course, the trend in formula 1 is to follow the Indycar and NASCAR lead of identical (or nearly so) chassis with identical engines. If they really want to save money just go ahead and let Dallara make all the chassis and Ilmor make all the engines. That ought to kill of GP racing once and for all. Hopefully, the FOM and FOCA can find other jobs in some other business to destroy.

Can someone tell me if there is any other motorsport campaign apart from F1 that uses hybrid engines?

When "journalists" cannot hide their smirk for their favourite team's time coming again.

If they want to save money, just go back and use a simple combustion engine until the sustainable fuels are available.

What happened to Martin Lee ??

Ditch 2026 engines regs. Design v8 or v10s for 2030 and run with current regs until 2030

Red Bull warned about these issues weeks ago. Toto Wolff laughed it off, saying it was proof RBR was behind in their powertrain development. What he should have been doing is asking his aero team "Why does Red Bull know this and we don't, and how far ahead of us in aero development are they?" Anyone counting RBR out in 2026 will likely be extremely disappointed. When the team that has absolutely nailed the ground effects era warns about downforce issues with the next gen car, it should be a wakeup call. Glad that the FIA took them seriously. I see a lot of fans whinging about the next gen car, without realizing they are basically repeating everything Christian Horner and Max Verstappen have been saying.

I vote for "Murray-isms" as the term for JBL's play on words because they sound very similar to "Yogi-isms." If you don't know about baseball, go look him up.

Sounds like whoever snatches Adrian Newey will gain a leg up with the changes in aero...

Say what you want about the 2026 regs but they'll all (alpine not included)be quicker than alpine

Too heavy, to long, to wide. Forget this whole 50/50 ice, electric nonsense. It’s motor sport not vacuum cleaner racing.

Put some chill-ass music behind the podcast - boshhhhh

These rules are just crazy, hate the hybrid/combustion split.... and the regulators are trying to manufacture false excitement. Oh just leave f1 alone, sprints aswell its just all over the place guys?? F1 always does this, they get a little popularity and then they fiddle it all to death!!!! I hate all this as a long term fan😢😢😢😢

Bryn looking into my soul

Fans should be worried. These regs look trash.

Such an important video; I have to admit I heard nothing but negative things about the new regulations and almost bought it. Formula 1 teams have dedicated B*tching departments and Red Bull has a B*tching department and a Snitching Department 😅 Just look up the story of how they got Ferrari in trouble with their fuel flow rate cheating 😂😂

29:59 that's a great pun, keep it up Bryn

enjoy these two years as much as you can, 2026 will be the downfall of F1

With sustainable fuel just ditch the battery part altogether. It can take almost a million pounds of ore to extract enough lithium for just one EV battery, who knows how much for an F1 battery? Cobalt mining is another disaster. This way we can return to screaming 20,000 RPM engines, light weight cars, much less expensive and actually do LESS environmental damage. Win-win-win-win!

All these hybrid management crap is garbage. I want these drivers to drive! Not manage

2026 - the death of F1.

Get rid of electric power. Its a joke

Obvious no real racers. Only quoting Verstappen to fit their narative. The cars will be heavier again feom 2026. More then 400kg heavier then 15 years ago. Lighter is the way to make it more attracrive racing. Not all those nerdy wokie measures.

If F1 was really innovative they would jump off the electric bandwagon and on the alternative fuels wagon like bio fuels, like carbon neutral fuels and like hydrogen fuels (electric or ICE). The fuel companies like Aramco, Shell and others are heavily into researching this and this would for real world purposes lighten the over burdened electric grids that already are taxed to maximum and beyond.

Edit - reading the ignorant, bigoted comments, I really don't have the energy to challenge them all.

This is all bullshit. All we need is a powerful, simple engine, in a lightweight, sensible sized car.

why not use wankel engines they last forever, dont guzzle, 750hp, good sound and then just make the car 500kg

Active aero will definitely kill F1, it will become a 1000000% engineers only competition, no more things drivers can do to excell and with active aero also setups will be standardized by engineers

Look at all these armchair engineering experts coming out the woodwork! 😂

Everyone in the comments section is no negative. These new cars will sound so much better than current cars. High-revving Indycar sounding V6's fused with Formula E winding sounds will be much better than the dull sounding cars we have now. Also, they will not go back to V10/V8s. Yes we have sustainable fuel, but a 3-litre V10 will use so much of that fuel that it won't be sustainable. These new hybrid engines must use as little fuel as possible, so efficiency is key. This is the best compromise of keeping the sound, but having efficiency. Think of Hydrogen cars, but with something that works for now. I am happy with the active aero on both the rear and front wings. Trying to go around corners with DRS always fascinated me because less downforce on the rear would be the same as driving a 90's Formula 1 without a rear wing, which would make you spin. So front and rear active aero is needed. I would like active suspension as well, but the more electronics you add, the more weight there will be.

Until these engines come back, I’m never watching modern F1 again. And if you give two shits about this sport, you should start doing the same. The 2026 rules seem to be in complete disarray and Red Bull are probably going to keep dominating until then. If there ever was a time to speak up about these engines, it’s right now. It’s time to bring back these small, light, awesome-sounding cars again. It’s time to bring back the Real Formula One.

It's going to be a complete shitshow that's for sure! 😡

what a boring video

No one who enjoys racing wants hybrid cars. Get V10s back simple

i’m sad the cars will be getting smaller. although it would improve F1 drastically, the big cars with the big wheels look beautiful 😫 best looking F1 cars to date

i’m sad the cars will be getting smaller. although it would improve F1 drastically, the big cars with the big wheels look beautiful 😫 best looking F1 cars to date