{"id":611595,"date":"2026-04-16T22:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/611595\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:04:11","slug":"the-best-innovations-of-the-2026-formula-1-season-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/611595\/","title":{"rendered":"The best innovations of the 2026 Formula 1 season so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">The 2026 Formula 1 season has seen sweeping new regulations implemented, and a new era of cars always means plenty of intriguing technical innovations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Our tech expert Sam Collins has been looking into everything the teams have brought to the first three races, from Ferrari\u2019s <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiJ2ZsaXAtZmxvcCdfcmVhcl93aW5nX2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi9sYXRlc3QvYXJ0aWNsZS90ZWNoLWFuYWx5c2lzLWEtcm90YXRpbmctd2luZy1hbmQtdW51c3VhbC12YW5lLXdoeS1mZXJyYXJpcy1yYWRpY2FsLXJlYXItaGFzLjNJUFQ2Uk5lbHczVHQ3NHFQTzVKcWgiLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/tech-analysis-a-rotating-wing-and-unusual-vane-why-ferraris-radical-rear-has.3IPT6RNelw3Tt74qPO5Jqh\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;flip-flop&#8217; rear wing<\/a> and impressive turbo \u2013 that has seen them get off the line arguably the quickest of any car \u2013 to Red Bull\u2019s rear wing indents, that look small but could have a sizeable affect on downforce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">With \u2018Active Aero\u2019 featuring on this year&#8217;s cars too, the teams have gone in dramatically different directions with front wing design. As such, there is plenty to discuss, with all eyes on <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoibWVyY2VkZXNfbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL3RlYW1zL21lcmNlZGVzIiwicGF0aFR5cGUiOiJpbnRlcm5hbCJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/teams\/mercedes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mercedes<\/a> to see if their aerodynamic package matches up to the might of their engine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Hit play on the video above to see just who has done what in 2026, and who might have something worth copying as the teams get their heads down and start to decide on upgrade direction for the next glut of races, starting in Miami at the beginning of May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Formula 1 season has seen sweeping new regulations implemented, and a new era of cars always&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-611595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611595","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=611595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}