{"id":617323,"date":"2026-04-20T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617323\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:05:09","slug":"formula-1-fia-announces-package-rule-changes-from-next-race-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617323\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1: FIA announces package rule changes from next race in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mercedes<\/p>\n

\nMercedes driver Kimi Antonelli at the 2026 Chinese GP.
\nPhoto: FLORENT GOODEN \/ PHOTOSPORT\n<\/p>\n

Formula 1 teams and stakeholders agreed unanimously on Monday to rule tweaks aimed at improving the racing and driver safety from the next race in Miami on 3 May.<\/p>\n

The sport started a new era this season<\/a> with big changes to both chassis and engine rules, with the new power units split roughly 50-50 between electric and combustion power.<\/p>\n

Drivers have complained over the first three races about having to ‘lift and coast’ into high-speed corners so the combustion engine can recharge the battery, and have aired safety concerns.<\/p>\n

They have also had to contend with ‘super-clipping’ where the power unit automatically diverts energy from the engine to the battery, slowing down the car even if the driver is flat on the throttle.<\/p>\n

The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that an online meeting with the 11 team bosses, power unit CEOs and Formula 1 chasshad agreed a number of in-season “refinements” that would now be put to a virtual vote.<\/p>\n

“The proposals agreed today… will be implemented from Miami apart from the race start changes that will be tested in Miami and adopted following feedback and analysis,” it said.<\/p>\n

The FIA said energy management parameters would be adjusted for qualifying, with a reduction in maximum permitted recharge from eight megajoules to seven to encourage more consistent flat-out driving and peak ‘superclip’ power increased from 250kW to 350kW to reduce the time spent recharging.<\/p>\n

In the race, measures were introduced to reduce excessive closing speeds and limit sudden performance differentials with the maximum power available through boost capped at an additional 150kW.<\/p>\n

A new system has been developed to mitigate the risks of a slow-starting car being struck by a faster one close behind as well as measures to improve safety and visibility in the wet.<\/p>\n

-Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli at the 2026 Chinese GP. Photo: FLORENT GOODEN \/ PHOTOSPORT Formula 1 teams and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[328,49,48,327,578,576,577,44,329,326,324,325,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-617323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-current-affairs","12":"tag-f1","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-podcasts","17":"tag-public-radio","18":"tag-radio-new-zealand","19":"tag-rnz","20":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617323","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=617323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}