Toto Wolff has soothed the growing concerns of F1’s new 2026 rules, saying “everybody will get used to it.”<\/p>\n
For 2026, the power units and chassis are both being revamped with active aerodynamics and increased electrical energy, respectively, the biggest changes.<\/p>\n
From next season, the performance from the power units will be generated in a 50-50 split between internal combustion power and electrical energy, but there are fears that cars could run out of electrical energy on circuits with long straights, such as at Monza.<\/p>\n
This would see the car then revert to ICE power only, meaning F2 cars would generate more horsepower than an F1 car in such a condition.<\/p>\n
Former Red Bull boss Christian Horner was one figure calling for a reduction of the electrical energy dependence to avoid such scenes, but Wolff feels F1 should embrace the new rules, and simply get on with it.<\/p>\n
“I think the fans need to enjoy watching Formula 1, and Formula 1 needs to stay true to itself that it’s a high-performance sport,” Wolff told media, including RacingNews365.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The best man and best machine wins, so this is what we need to deliver: good racing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Some cars have been good fun for the drivers to drive. Some tyres have been good fun, others not. So, in a way, everybody will get used to it.<\/p>\n
“Looking at simulations of today, it’s very difficult to exactly know how it’s going to be next year. It’s a super challenging new regulation in making those energy levels last throughout the lap on some of the tracks. Clearly, at the moment, it’s still challenging.<\/p>\n
“But the pace of innovation is huge, and it’s always been the case in Formula 1. I believe that we are on the right trajectory.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“At the moment, yes, driving these cars, there will be outliers of tracks that are clearly very, very different to what it is today.<\/p>\n
“But you ask a driver for a good car, give him the strongest, grippiest, less degrading tyres, 1000 horsepower, naturally aspirated V12, and that’s what they’re going to love. We’re just in a different era now.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toto Wolff has soothed the growing concerns of F1’s new 2026 rules, saying “everybody will get used to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,2479,2477,2480,2478,930,576,577,932,1885,2475,582,82],"class_list":["post-9095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9095","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=9095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}