[German Auto MotorSport] New Details on F1 Regulations 2026
[German Auto MotorSport] New Details on F1 Regulations 2026
Red-Bull-Teamchef Christian Horner warnt, dass die neuen Motoren ab 2026 der Formel 1 die Show stehlen könnten. Doch welche der Kritikpunkte sind berechtigt und welche begründen sich auf fehlerhafte Simulationen? Wir haben bei den Experten nachgefragt und interessante technische Infos bekommen.
Key takeaways:
Gearboxes will have 6 gears instead of 8.
The cars will have to use 30kg of fuel only to generate electric power.
The wheelbase will be shortened by 30 cm
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shorter cars is a welcome change
I realize the safety structure makes it hard to reduce the size too much but maintaining current sizes or reducing them a little bit should help with on-track racing, especially on the tight street circuits F1 seems to love these days
As far as I understand it it's actually a bit of a misconception that the size of the current cars is due to safety. Part of it is the size of the hybrid engine and battery, but beyond that the wheelbase is actually artificially lengthened by the teams currently in order to fit more aero on the car. At least that's what I've been told.
It’s almost purely for aero reasons to make the car faster.
Yeah I think you're right, the battery bit is more about the weight. I got it mixed in there since they're usually brought up together.