{"id":800736,"date":"2026-07-14T06:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800736\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T06:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:15:06","slug":"formula-1-will-race-with-less-power-than-formula-2-at-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800736\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 will race with less power than Formula 2 at Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spa is up next on the Formula 1<\/a> calendar, and caution is warranted as a painful experience awaits us thanks to the woeful 2026 V6 hybrid power units.<\/p>\n

The drivers as well are braced for a weekend of extreme power management around a classic Formula 1 track that requires high power levels.<\/p>\n

Over the years, it has been a joy watching the Formula 1 cars climb uphill from\u00a0La Source towards Eau Rouge and Raidillon, then build up speed along the Kemmel straight.<\/p>\n

But that will probably not be the case this year, and it is anyone’s guess how the Formula 1 engineers will program their power units to deliver power in the way they deem as best.<\/p>\n

Spa was already a talking point in Silverstone, where the 2026 Formula 1 cars were left wanting, with drivers having to lift at iconic corners like Copse and the\u00a0Maggotts-Becketts-Chapel sequence.<\/p>\n

Speaking last time out in Silverstone<\/a>, Fernando Alonso, a vocal critic of the 2026 power units, said:\u00a0\u201cSilverstone and Spa, they are very thirsty on energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot deploy in all the straights. Next week, it is going to be the same thing. If you deploy in Spa from Turn 1 [La Source] to 5 [Les Combes], it is finito for the rest of the lap.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, you need to save a little bit there to have deployment from Turn 14 [Stavelot] to the Bus Stop [chicane, Turns 18 and 19]. But if you deploy in those two straights, which is the optimal deployment, then there is one minute, sector two, with no deployment at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd with no deployment at all, we cannot forget that this year we have significantly less power than last year and less power than F2.<\/p>\n

“That is the case when you cut the deployment. So, yes, it is a challenge,” the double Formula 1 Champion maintained.<\/p>\n

Haas driver Oliver Bearman joked, adding:\u00a0\u201cLet’s not speak too soon because we have Spa next week\u2026 maybe Silverstone will feel mega compared to that.<\/p>\n

As for the ever-frustrated Max Verstappen, he lamented: \u201cI love Spa, but Spa is going to be another painful one, just because of the energy, like here [Silverstone].”<\/p>\n

Formula 1 cars generate around 1000 bhp with full deployment, 540 bhp of those coming from the Internal Combustion Engines. Formula 2 cars’\u00a0Mecachrome engines deliver 610bhp. (Reporting by Agnes Carlier)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spa is up next on the Formula 1 calendar, and caution is warranted as a painful experience awaits…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[16873,49,48,578,28673,576,577,3839,13813,82],"class_list":["post-800736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-belgian-grand-prix","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-spa","tag-spa-francorchamps","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800736","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=800736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}