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F1 will organize other discussions on a late regulation change to the new power units of 2026 that the boss of Mercedes Toto Wolff called “a joke”.
At the last meeting of the F1 committee on Thursday, a discussion took place involving the manufacturers of engines next year to reduce the amount of electrical energy for the technical regulations of 2026.
A vote was to take place, but that did not happen. Four of the five engine manufacturers, which are Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull-Ford, the powertrain, Audi and Honda, should have voted in favor of the proposal for modification of the regulations.
“The F1 commission has in principle discussed refinements of the energy management strategy for 2026, as well as measures to solve the financial problems that can be confronted with manufacturers of electrical units who experience low performance or significant reliability problems in 2026,” said FIA.
“All these subjects will be discussed in more detail among specialists in the appropriate advisory committees.”
The new 2026 regulations will see a division of 50-50 in the outlet of the electrical unit between the internal combustion engine and electricity.
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Current power units for 2025 use approximately 20% electricity, so there would be a major increase for 2026.
However, the proposed change would have experienced a drop in power of the electric motor from 350 kW to 200 kW in the race garnish, which would cause a division of 60-40.
The reason behind this was due to the fears that drivers do not eat battery on energy -sensitive circuits with long straight lines, forcing drivers to “lift and stick” before the braking area.
The Geneva F1 commission also revealed that the plans to use the skipping block equipment under the cars will be examined to prevent the fires of the grass that were seen during the weekend of the Japanese Grand Prix, when sparks of the cars landed on the grass to cause fire.
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Wolff: The proposal is a joke | Other bosses of the “open” team at the idea
Mercedes is widely considered to be ahead of 2026, which is the greatest change in regulation in the history of F1 with almost all the modified technical regulations.
A meeting discussing 2026 and future regulations of the electric unit had taken place earlier this month, where the teams agreed to modify any rule for next year.
The team’s bosses were asked about the proposal after the Saudi Grand Prix, before the vote on Thursday and Wolff clearly indicated its feelings.
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“Reading the agenda of the F1 commission is almost as hilarious as reading some of the comments I see on Twitter on American policy,” he said.
“I really want to protect us and make no comments, but it’s a joke. A week ago, there was an engine meeting, then things like this are again on the agenda.”
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Christian Horner said that the proposal was “quite sensible” although it should have been examined “two years ago”.
“Mercedes seems confident enough with the work they have done for next year,” he said.
“This is something that we asked to be examined two years ago, and it is not something that we pushed to be on the agenda this week.
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“The FIA is gone and does their research, and I think what they want to avoid is a lot of lifting and the roadway in the Grand Prix itself, which will not be particularly good for sport and extremely frustrating for drivers.
“This is not something for which we have pressure or asked, and if they do it in the interest of sport, then you have to support it.”
Ferrari’s boss, Frederic Vasseur, and the director of the McLaren team, Andrea Stella, were both “open” to the proposal.
“We have to be open with this and avoid starting to fight because we think” we have an advantage on the battery “or other. This could be the worst case for F1,” said Vasseur.
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“It is true that we are in a corner with the regulations. If you look at the last 25 or 30 years, we have never had such a big change in the regulations.
“This is the first time that we have been doing chassis, engine, sport at the same time. This is a challenge for teams. This is a challenge for FIA.”
Stella added: “My opinion is very clear. The principle that I mean very strongly is that it is the responsibility of all the stakeholders to ensure that the 2026 regulations succeed because there is no interest in the teams in competition if we have no good sport.
“The quality of sport, the quality of the show, the quality of the race is a function of the product.
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“From a point of view of the chassis and power unit, so I think that keeping the conversation open, which we really enter into details, considering the overcoming, considering the deployment of power, considering the power harvest, everything that determines the quality of the product, therefore the spectacle and therefore the health of the company, we must examine this and we must not say that it is frozen.”
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