I'm loosing interest!

[Andy B]

I have just read the article below and it see the F1 engines in 2026 are to be electrical generators and will have virtually nothing to compare to road cars which has always been the argument for going down this road.
Maybe one of you knows more about the 2026 regulations but if what I have read in 2026 I maybe watching something else!

https://www.planetf1.com/news/adrian-newey-on-2026-f1-engine-regulations-strange-formula

[Jericoke]

I remember seeing video of Coulthard testing a Williams with a continuously variable transmission.  It sounded very odd, since the revs never dropped for gear changes, and the FIA banned the transmission right away.

F1 cars have changed how they look over the years, why can't they change how they sound?  Running on just gasoline/petrol powered internal combustion engines makes F1 look out of date.  I'd like them to open the formula up to some genuine innovation.  Tell the teams they've got 20 litres (random number) of fuel to go race distance, figure out the rest. 20 litres of gas/petrol?  Biodiesel?  Hydroden?

In the mean time, if people really are only going to F1 for the sound... there are far cheaper options to hear loud cars.

[cosworth151]

The FIA's 2026 F1 Power Unit Regs still list how the ICE should be connected to the clutch and gearbox. Neither would be needed if it were just part of a gen set. I found other articles that say that the elimination of the MGU-H could bring back turbo lag. Again, that wouldn't matter if it was only running a generator or alternator.

I guess it's just another FIA confused mess.

[Andy B]

Jeri people don't go to F1 just for the sound but the sound is part of F1 look at when turbo's were introduced and the efforts to increase the sound as everyone said they were too quiet.
There is no link between road cars and F1 I do not know of anybody who bought  a type or make of car because its in F1 on the same thing who bought a Toyota because they won Le Mans?
I ride a motorcycle for pleasure and there are electric bikes out there but I do not know anybody who wants one and once of the pleasures of the I.C.E. is its sound.

[lkjohnson1950]

That is a great commercial. The Ferrari F1 Cars of the early 3 liter formula in the '60's are some of my all time favorites. Love that "bundle of snakes" exhaust.
 

[rmassart]

I'm more worried about this comment:

With the cars proving near undrivable under the original plans to only run with active rear aerodynamics, further tweaking is necessary – and Newey explained the challenge facing the teams isn’t a small one.

I can imagine, what Newey didn't say was that he's already solved the challenge (and therefore RB will now be a second a lap faster, rather than just half a second...)

[John S]

Adrian had no trouble with ICE units overworking in corners when blown diffusers were de ri·gueur. 

Like all new regs & tech changes this is bound to throw up some unexpected changes - for most of us anyway - for better or worse.

Sounds more to me like Adrian maybe hawking for some changes as he can't see how he can get the jump on the rest. 

Much as I dislike what we may be in for from Adrian's predicted scenarios F1 has always evolved, either through clever developments & manipulations of materials and engineering, or from rule changes - supposedly imposed for closer racing & more road relevance - but mostly on whims of OEMs or marketing people.

Our beloved F1 has romped on regardless, I expect it will do the same in new era, perhaps some teams will have more of a limp than others come 26.   

[cosworth151]

There is no link between road cars and F1 I do not know of anybody who bought  a type or make of car because its in F1 on the same thing who bought a Toyota because they won Le Mans?

"Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" has always been one of the main reasons given by car companies to justify the money they spend on racing. Marques like Ferrari & McLaren owe their very existence to racing.

The reason the FIA gave for the V6 hybrids was "to make F1 more relevant to road cars."