The governing FIA’s Formula One commission agreed to reduce the standard Grand Prix distance from 305km to 290km from 2027, cutting races by two or three laps.<\/p>\n
The commission approved the change in line with planned refinements to 2027 power unit regulations concerning fuel flow, they said in a statement after a meeting in London at the International Automobile Federation offices.<\/p>\n
They also agreed to remove the current three-hour maximum time limit from the start to finish of a race, including any interruptions caused by rain or other factors.<\/p>\n
A two-hour limit on actual racing will remain, while a hard stop time for the end of racing activity will be introduced for disrupted events.<\/p>\n
The objective is to give spectators the best possible chance to enjoy a full race when disruptions occur, the FIA said.<\/p>\n
The commission agreed that organisers should also have greater flexibility to extend free practice sessions if they are interrupted.<\/p>\n
Gearbox homologation will be removed for 2027 following consultation with manufacturers and a recommendation from the Sporting Advisory Committee, a move the FIA said would preserve development freedom for suppliers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The governing FIA’s Formula One commission agreed to reduce the standard Grand Prix distance from 305km to 290km…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-607863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607863","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=607863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}