The truth about F1's controversial 2026 cars

F1’s 2026 rules are a massive source of wild speculation and controversy.

Drivers having to downshift on straights, cars spinning out of control, extreme drag levels and weird active aerodynamics tricks - we’ve heard it all over the past year or so.

The next generation of F1 car is less than two years from being reality, but the regulations still haven’t been defined with a deadline of June 2024 fast approaching.

A lot of what has been claimed about the rules is rooted in outdated information or has exaggerated some issues that were never really serious topics or concerns.

So here's the truth about where F1's headed in 2026.

00:00 Intro
02:05 What F1's trying to achieve
04:11 Weird engine tricks?
06:37 Not push-to-pass
09:53 Out of control cars?
11:46 A small win for 2026

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[AKKI]

Fernando 400iq play move to stay with Honda. They will produce a GP2 engine whereas all other engines will be as slow as an F3 🤯

[Milkydrummer]

Cheaper and simpler isn’t the route to remaining / becoming “the pinnacle of motorsport!!” 🤦🏼‍♂️ …push a button to overtake… honestly this is a farce. 😢

[adamcarlson]

Seems to me that drs should work in reverse, being available all the time unless there is a car behind, then it’s deactivated. Everyone can use it unless there is a car within 1sec behind, then the driver in front can’t use it. Instead of a drs train stuck behind one slow driver, only the driver at the back would get drs.

[DANGERTIM]

"getting in new manufactures" and yet keep blocking Andretti with Caddilac

[Motyk]

Give us smaller, lighter cars (⁠ب⁠_⁠ب⁠)

[mdc_]

I dont understand why they want more electrical power from the engines, not like there is an entire separate series fully driven on electrical power or anything no no

[OD_MAN]

The Fia will shortly introduce speed limits to make sure it’s an exercise in safety and we all cancel our f1 subscription

[iparkedmycar]

Ah yes, nothing sends a more powerful environmental message than taking millions in ARAMCO oil money ... oh F1 get over yourselves and just let them build fast cars ffs

[JZ.S]

This might be the worst set of new rules I have seen in my 20 years of watching. What an absolute cluster f*ck....

[spent]

'Designated areas' Lord when will it stop.

[freddiefreihofer]

F1 continually harps on the race cars' "sustainability", even while each team moves the equivalent of a small city from race to race and with F1 personnel flying in company or private jets.

[bertvanbeterbed]

"We are targeting lighter cars by tripling the needed amount of electric energy, because the batteries will be it just doesn't add up

[king-lasagna]

DRS is staying and even being added to front wings
Override is just the good old engine maps / overtake button / party mode being overregulated and morphed into a DRS-tier gimmick, with an official name
Pirelli cancelled the 16 inch rims because teams wouldn't give them enough testing
I don't have any faith in these new regs tbh

[mukulnag]

So slower, heavier, more complex cars with less room to overtake and weird power delivery rules ... Well done f1

[Willbrse]

As I said many times: adapt LMP1H rules (~2016) to open wheel cars and you'll have different engines, more different aero, very close grid racing wheel to wheel for the whole race. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. The money for those regulations is in F1, it should be used there.

[ba.diecast]

What I don’t understand is why they talk about road relevance. It used to be that it was innovations in Motorsport that then made their way to consumer vehicles, not the other way around.

[jeffkeen]

A powerful environmental message...what a load of old tosh... 10, 000 people to design and build 20 cars and then countless more people to design and build the power units, not to mention flying around the planet 24 times a year...

F1 has got 'environmental' stamped all over it...FFS...

[spotontheroad]

ICE with sustainable alcohol as fuel would have been simpler, lighter, cheaper and a better show.

[LPChipi]

I'm dreading this a bit. I don't like the incresing inclination towards electric. I understand it is relevant to road cars, but come on. This is Formula 1, it should just be small light cars with fuel.

[Kerbal]

I have a feeling these cars are going to be a complete disaster