Does 2026 F1 PU regs means drivers will have to re-think racing itself?

[John S]

Could the new regs ruin racing???? 

Changes to gear shift patterns and other harvesting techniques will be on the aggenda for racing this coming season.

Drivers will have to cope with MoM (overtake mode) available whenever their attacker is within a track specific time gap regardless of where on track it is.

Will drivers have to re-learn F1 racing with some drivers able to game to situation, or can most of it be coded into onboard systems to leave drivers just to steer, accelerate & brake almost chauffeur like?

[Jericoke]

This is hardly the first time that drivers have had to 'relearn' how to race.  We've had hybrid systems for a while now, and that's different from the old days of putting your foot to the floor in a naturally aspirated v10, which was also different from the days of turbo lag.  The sport has had times where you start with a full fuel load and have to make sure you make it last, we've had times where you'd burn all the fuel you want, dive into the pits for a sip of gas to finish the last lap.  We've had aero, no aero, ground effects, no ground effects.  Moveable aerodynamics.  Launch controls.  Traction control.  Remote telemetry.

Honestly, no sport changes as much as F1, and that's a big part of the appeal of F1 to me.  It's always changing, and if you can't keep up, then you'll lose.