he is eager to see V8 power units reintroduced<\/a> for the next cycle of regulations.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\nBen Sulayem\u2019s early proposal would retain the use of sustainable fuels while bringing back engines that are louder, simpler and potentially cheaper to produce.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Several Formula 1 team principals have already indicated they would be open to a return to V8s, having last used the specification in 2013 before the start of the turbo hybrid era.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Domenicali has now confirmed he also supports the idea of his FIA counterpart.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201c1,000%, I’ve always said so,\u201d Domenicali told L’\u00c9quipe.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cI fully support the vision of the FIA \u200b\u200bpresident. With sustainable fuel, lighter cars, and V8 engines, we rediscover the pure essence of motorsport.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s what I’ve always loved.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Some drivers have been critical of the 2026 regulations, stating the increased role of the battery is generating artificial racing, with the driver’s wheel-to-wheel skill not being tested.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
But Domenicali has issued a defence of the current power units, insisting it was the desire of the teams to see such rules introduced.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cSome people – I would add, very few people – are complaining about the rules,\u201d Domenicali said.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m simply stating a fact. We mustn’t forget that these changes were necessary; otherwise, the manufacturers would no longer have supplied engines to the teams. That was their wish. That’s a fact.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd since we didn’t want to go fully electric, a compromise was found to attract new manufacturers.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has expressed his support for the sport\u2019s proposed return to V8 engines in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-697814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697814","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=697814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}