Max Verstappen has stated that a 60\/40 power-unit split for 2027 represents the \u201cminimum\u201d level of change required to satisfy him under Formula 1\u2019s current regulations.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Following the Miami Grand Prix earlier this month, teams, manufacturers and the FIA reached an agreement in principle to revise the power-unit balance for next season.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The proposed changes would increase the contribution of the internal combustion engine while reducing reliance on battery power, moving away from the current 50\/50 split that has drawn criticism from several drivers throughout the year.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, doubts have since emerged over whether the proposal will be implemented, prompting Verstappen to warn that continuing with the existing configuration is \u201cmentally not doable\u201d.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Speaking after the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday, the Dutchman reiterated that a 60\/40 split would be the bare \u201cminimum\u201d required for him to be satisfied with the regulations going forward.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
His comment came after he secured third place in Montreal, claiming his first podium finish of the season.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, after experiencing endurance racing at the N\u00fcrburgring 24 Hours earlier this month, Verstappen acknowledged that modern Formula 1 can no longer be regarded as \u201cpure\u201d racing due to the increasing emphasis on energy management and technical constraints.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cI know how pure other motorsports can feel like,\u201d\u00a0he told Sky F1.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when you come back to this, it’s not very nice. I don’t want to be too negative now after a race like this.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I know what it feels like to drive pure racing cars and pure overtakes, pure racing, and just natural driving.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is all a bit, especially qualify, very anti-driving, anti-racing, and that’s not what F1 should be about.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cI really hope that next year we can get that 60\/40 because that will actually help everything a bit.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen has stated that a 60\/40 power-unit split for 2027 represents the \u201cminimum\u201d level of change required…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3518,3521,3519,3522,3520,3517,3515,3513,3516,3514,111,139,69,3512,213],"class_list":["post-444206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}