{"id":555022,"date":"2026-03-23T09:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555022\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:31:08","slug":"formula-e-ceo-thinks-hybrid-formula-1-makes-no-sense-and-will-return-to-the-way-it-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555022\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula E CEO thinks hybrid Formula 1 &#8220;makes no sense&#8221;, and will return to the way it was &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 1 has introduced hybrid engines this 2026 season, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamereactor.eu\/lando-norris-stands-by-his-criticism-of-the-new-formula-1-artificial-chaotic-potentially-dangerous-1687203\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">highly divisive<\/a> between fans, teams and even drivers, some defending it (like seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton) and some loathing it (like four time world champion Max Verstappen). Using electric cars in motorsport is not new: Formula E has been doing it since 2014. It is the most prestigious single-seater championship with electric cars, officially recognised as World Championship by FIA since 2020 -although far less popular-.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, Formula E stopped for the first time in Madrid, Spain, with round 6 of the 2025\/26 season that started in December 2025 in Sao Paulo, and will end in London in August 2026. Formula E co-founder and CEO, Alberto Longo, spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/motor\/mas_motor\/no-entiendo-lo-que-esta-haciendo-la-f1-f202603-n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AS<\/a> about the comparisons drawn between Formula E and the new F1, and he said he &#8220;doesn&#8217;t understand why F1 is increasingly moving towards our way of doing races&#8221;, and even predicted that F1 will return to the way it was.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we created this championship, we did so with the intention of attracting new people to the sport with races that had never been seen before&#8221;, explained Longo. &#8220;In the end, both championships are converging on the same type of races: energy efficiency, not pure performance, which is what has historically been validated by motorsport fans. We offer something completely different&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This hybrid F1 makes no sense, offering a type of racing that we&#8217;ve been doing for 12 years. It&#8217;s proving a bit complex for them, even the drivers aren&#8217;t understanding it, and that&#8217;s why we see the criticism from those involved&#8221;, Longo added. &#8220;Hearing Verstappen speak like that about his own championship is something F1 cannot tolerate, so I believe it will be reversed, they will return to combustion engines and be true to their way of racing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"img-1694793-4243713\" data-fullsize=\"\/media\/37\/nextformulae_4243713b.jpg\" data-lazy=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamereactor.euhttps:\/\/www.gamereactor.eu\/media\/37\/nextformulae_4243713_650x.jpg\" width=\"650\" onclick=\"if (!window.__cfRLUnblockHandlers) return false; gallery_openmodal('1694793','4243713',false,'b683cc41556d5055c15033c86a75861c');\" height=\"366\" alt=\"Formula E CEO thinks hybrid Formula 1 &quot;makes no sense&quot;, and will return to the way it was\" class=\"rwd_col_content lazy\" data-cf-modified-ccf34caf57cac7dbff8e1178-=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 has introduced hybrid engines this 2026 season, which has been highly divisive between fans, teams and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-555022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555022","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=555022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}