{"id":472962,"date":"2026-02-11T14:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/472962\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:08:08","slug":"the-end-of-pull-rod-f1-2026-suspension-tech-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/472962\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of pull-rod? F1 2026 suspension tech explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/team\/mclaren\/36473\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">McLaren<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/team\/red-bull-racing\/36469\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Red Bull<\/a>\u00a0dominated the last four years with a front pull-rod set-up, the tide has officially turned.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down why the pull-rod was the &#8220;undisputed king of aero&#8221; during the 2022\u201325 seasons and why\u00a0almost every\u00a0team,\u00a0including giants like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/team\/ferrari\/36466\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ferrari<\/a>, McLaren, and Red Bull,\u00a0has suddenly reverted to push-rod suspension for 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For 2026 the cars are smaller, the regulations are new, and the suspension war is just getting started.\u00a0Is the return to\u00a0push-rod\u00a0the right move for the front-runners? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>            We want to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">Let us know what you would like to see from us in the future.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Autosport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While McLaren and Red Bull\u00a0dominated the last four years with a front pull-rod set-up, the tide has officially&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85,241240],"class_list":["post-472962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-video-the-end-of-pull-rod-f1-2026-suspension-tech-explained"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}