Liam Lawson has underlined how the F1 drivers will have a “huge amount to learn” early next year with the overhaul of the chassis and power unit regulations.<\/p>\n
The championship is undergoing its most drastic rules reset in a decade, with aerodynamic alterations joined by the first sweeping changes to engines since 2014.<\/p>\n
It leaves the driver having to get on top of the whole rulebook, not just one side, as was the case in 2017 and 2022.<\/p>\n
With the season now running into December and the first track action coming in late January, on account of the five-day private test for all 11 teams at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the entire paddock faces its shortest winter ever.<\/p>\n
When asked how he is spending his offseason, Lawson pointed out the massive learning curve ahead.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, pit stop at home, basically,” the 23-year-old told media, including RacingNews365.<\/p>\n
“Go and see the family in New Zealand, and then we’re basically back to work in early January.<\/p>\n
“So it’s going to be a very busy year next year, especially the first part, but we have a huge amount to learn.”<\/p>\n
The chassis side of the regulations will see the introduction of active aerodynamics, with its X and Y modes, and the cars will also be lighter and smaller.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the split between electrical power and conventional internal combustion has increased from 20\/80 to an even division, meaning drivers must adapt to very different power units with more energy management and deployment strategy.<\/p>\n
DRS has been abandoned after 15 seasons, to be replaced by overtake and boost modes as overtaking devices.<\/p>\n
Taken together, the result is a vastly different proposition for the field. Lawson added: “For the drivers, for us, it’s going to be a very different driving style next year, for us to get on top of these cars, and it’s probably going to take quite a bit of time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Lawson has underlined how the F1 drivers will have a “huge amount to learn” early next year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,2479,2477,2480,2478,930,576,577,932,1885,2475,582,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-360666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-f1-calendar","13":"tag-f1-live","14":"tag-f1-results","15":"tag-f1-standings","16":"tag-ferrari","17":"tag-formula-1","18":"tag-formula1","19":"tag-lewis-hamilton","20":"tag-max-verstappen","21":"tag-motorsport","22":"tag-racing","23":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}