Formula 1 will adjust its engine rules in 2027 and 2028 by reducing the amount of electric power available in order to promote flat-out driving.<\/p>\n
For 2026, F1 introduced an all-new engine that provided a near 50\/50 split between combustion and electric power, as well as using fully sustainable fuels.<\/p>\n
But the new engines have been at the core of criticism from drivers about the new style of driving and racing, placing a particular emphasis on qualifying laps.<\/p>\n
The energy-starved nature of the new engines forced drivers to place a lot of focus on when to recharge and use the battery on their cars, with the issue being particularly noticeable in qualifying when hot laps were no longer flat out.<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen, the four-time F1 world champion, called the new rules \u201canti-racing\u201d and \u201clike Formula E on steroids,\u201d while Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso said F1 had become a \u201cbattery world championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Talks have been ongoing in recent weeks about changing the near 50\/50 energy split on the engines, including the F1 organisation, the 11 teams and the engine manufacturers, paving the way for an agreement to be announced by the FIA on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
In 2027, the power of the internal combustion engine will increase by 20kW to 420kW, while the electric power from the battery will fall by 50kW.<\/p>\n
The amount of energy harvesting will also increase, taking the engines from a 53\/47 split to 58\/42, per the FIA\u2019s data.<\/p>\n
A second step will follow in 2028 when the internal combustion engine power will increase again to 450kW, leaving F1 with a 60\/40 split.<\/p>\n
This was the solution many in the paddock had been pushing for, only for opposition to emerge in recent weeks from Ferrari and Audi.
Audi CEO Gernot D\u00f6llner told reporters in Monaco last weekend that Audi wanted to retain the existing split for 2027, due to the costs involved and operational adjustments required.<\/p>\n
But many within the paddock have been open to making changes to the new engine formula that debuted this year for the good of the sport, emphasising the importance of a return to flat-out laps in qualifying especially.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposed changes are intended to address issues related to energy management and fuel energy flow characteristics and make qualifying more flat-out while not impacting the positive and exciting racing generated by the new regulations,\u201d read a statement from the FIA.<\/p>\n
It added that \u201csupporting measures relating to power unit supply conditions, race operations and the relevant financial regulations are also included.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 will adjust its engine rules in 2027 and 2028 by reducing the amount of electric power…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-728207","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\/728207","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=728207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}