The Two Mechanics<\/a> podcast, Grain said Verstappen is currently the fastest F1 driver, and his exit due to the nature of the current regulations would highlight a failure on the sport\u2019s part. He said:<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Stefano Domenicali lets Max go out of Formula 1, then I see that as a failure. That\u2019s to let the most talented race car driver on the planet at the moment, which I genuinely believe he is. I strongly believe he\u2019s the fastest in the world at the moment. Put him in anything, then he should be in Formula 1. And if he\u2019s not, that\u2019s a failure of Formula 1 as an organization. You\u2019ve got to keep him in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
FIA and F1 Working Behind The Scenes<\/p>\n
With the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix this month because of the ongoing military conflict in the Middle East, F1 and its governing body, the FIA, are working behind the scenes to make changes to the 2026 regulations. Grain hopes the bodies are able to come up with something that impresses drivers and fans. He said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of hard work going in this window with these canceled races. Hopefully, the combined brain power of the teams with Formula 1 and Stefano and his team, and the FIA can come up with some ways of operating these cars that give the fans what they want, give the drivers what they want, and make for exciting racing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Grain added that the current version of the 2026 regulations is not a good model for any form of motor racing. He said:<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t ever convince me that lifting off in a corner so you\u2019ve got more energy down the straight, so you actually go faster even though you\u2019ve lifted off, is any good for any form of motor racing, let alone the pinnacle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former McLaren Racing chief mechanic Mark Grain has revealed that it will be a failure on the part…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,129414,576,577,158732,228952,1885,57973,126818,82,42804],"class_list":{"0":"post-606532","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-f1","11":"tag-f1-grand-prix","12":"tag-formula-1","13":"tag-formula1","14":"tag-gianpiero-lambiase","15":"tag-mark-grain","16":"tag-max-verstappen","17":"tag-mclaren-racing","18":"tag-oracle-red-bull-racing","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-stefano-domenicali"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606532","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=606532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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