Max Verstappen has described the “open-mindedness” of both F1 and the FIA as “great” during key talks held earlier this year.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The four-time champion was one of the fiercest critics of F1’s new power unit regulations and hinted that he could be prepared to walk away unless changes were made.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Ahead of the Miami GP, changes were brought in to reduce super-clipping and lift and coast, with further talks taking place to find a solution to move away from the 50-50 power output split between the ICE and batteries.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
In 2027, the ratio will change more towards the ICE via an increase in fuel flow, before reaching 60:40 in 2028.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the process, Verstappen felt that both FOM and the FIA being “open-minded” was key to the breakthrough in discussions with drivers.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“I think that it grows a bit, I mean, the more you achieve in the sport, I’m sure you have maybe a bit more of a voice,” Verstappen told media, including RacingNews365.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“But I’m very happy. I mean, at the beginning of the year, there were a few meetings with FOM, and then, of course, with other drivers with the FIA as well, and it’s just great that they’re open-minded and they listen to the drivers.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“Because I think we speak, at least most of us speak, in the interest of the sport, and we just want to make it a better product.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“That’s why you come up with the recommendations, and what you’re trying to do is definitely the right thing.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen has described the “open-mindedness” of both F1 and the FIA as “great” during key talks held…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748436,"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-750923","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\/750923","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=750923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}