{"id":620840,"date":"2026-04-21T06:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620840\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T06:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:43:09","slug":"formula-one-chiefs-unanimously-agree-to-make-rule-changes-after-drivers-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620840\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula One chiefs unanimously agree to make rule changes after drivers\u2019 criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Formula One chiefs unanimously agreed on Monday to make rule changes following severe criticism of new regulations introduced this season which led to doubts over Max Verstappen continuing in the sport.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The new rules made cars a combination of combustion and electrical power, meaning drivers had to carefully manage their battery, effectively slowing down on a qualifying lap, while the cars had boost buttons to allow them to overtake.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Four-time world champion Verstappen called the new style of racing \u201ca joke\u201d after the Chinese Grand Prix and hinted he would take a break from F1 in 2027 unless changes were made.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Other drivers had criticised the new rules and fans said the changes had detracted from the experience of spectators.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Following an online meeting between F1, its governing body FIA, and the sport\u2019s team principals, tweaks to the rules have been finalised and are set to come in for the Miami Grand Prix on May 3.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">That race will end the season\u2019s enforced five-week break following the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia races due to the conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen has been a vocal critic of the new style of racing. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/083d32b6-f55a-467b-8be3-c30801ac9059_bd4c881a.jpg\" title=\"Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen has been a vocal critic of the new style of racing. Photo: Reuters\"\/>Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen has been a vocal critic of the new style of racing. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula One chiefs unanimously agreed on Monday to make rule changes following severe criticism of new regulations introduced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,936,258836,817,837,813,835,816,3875,941,10115,825,945,283711,12241,10116,14640,85,4703],"class_list":{"0":"post-620840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bahrain","11":"tag-chinese-grand-prix","12":"tag-f1","13":"tag-fia","14":"tag-formula-1","15":"tag-formula-one","16":"tag-formula1","17":"tag-george-russell","18":"tag-japan","19":"tag-kimi-antonelli","20":"tag-max-verstappen","21":"tag-mercedes","22":"tag-miami-grand-prix","23":"tag-middle-east","24":"tag-ollie-bearman","25":"tag-saudi-arabia","26":"tag-sports","27":"tag-toto-wolff"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620840","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=620840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}