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Max hates everything. He hates the Sprints, he hates proposed changes to the Sprints, he hates Drive to Survive, he hates Las Vegas,.... And now he hates the new 2026 formula, go figure. F1 could come up with the most brillient idea ever in the sport and the one thing you know for sure Max will hate it. Being a curmudgeon is just part of his DNA. Great driver but he is such a stick in the mud he is not really worth listening to for anything involving changes to anything because he will find a way to not like it.
Max leaving, Hamilton and Alonso retiring all at the same time would be insane! Taking 3 of the best drivers we have seen off the and leaving that Vacuum to fill would be very interesting.
Indeed. Seb raced for one season under the 2022 regs and it wasn't for him. Yes, wasn't his only reason for leaving but might have been a contributing factor. But yes, those 3 behemoths moving on close to one another would see a HUGE chunk of fans leaving.
@@LawVSpart of me wonders if it’ll be like 2007-2010 with Schumacher gone and the next generation of talent able to thrive and fight amongst themselves for championships. I know it wasn’t quite the next gen with Kiki and Jenson. But having whoever is left fighting would be interesting.
Finally, smaller cars. I like the new pods and the rear and front wings are awesome. I can't wait to see the teams take this concept and make it thier own.
Yes, hopefully we can see cars in the 4.8 - 5m length again and 1.8m wide ...... Bring back agility and nimble handling on the track. = more over takes, dive bombing under braking and humdinger races.
@@pieter6342 Clearly you have not been around much. Current cars are more than 5m long, but looking at my comment, I over state what I would actually like, cars between 4.2 and 4.5m like back in 2007/08 would be best with current tech. Cars used to be smaller before but current tech would not fit for those dimensions.
I just want to see more wheel to wheel, lighter and smaller is way to go. Also the smaller wheels is a win, assuming some of the track limits is related to drivers being unable to see past tyre.
@@alantiscity Nope. it is a compromise. The rim and tire are both (as a unit) smaller, overall. The reason they went to a 16" rim, is so they can make the overall size smaller, while still having more than enough tire. So, there is a bit more tire sidewall (less low profile than the last 2 years), but due to the rim being 2" smaller in diameter, the overall size of the package is reduced.
I can’t get over how fast you pump out videos of this quality! I’m going to grad school to be an F1 engineer soon and if I land a job on a team (God willing) you are one creator I’d die to talk shop with
Thank you! I live, eat and breathe editing so this is something I went to uni for and have got a good workflow down. Best of luck with your grad school efforts. We shall watch your career with great interest!
Also adding to this. My understanding is that the original 13in rims was a carry over rule from when f1 was trying to limit cars braking performance by restricting the size of the brakes by mandating the 13in rim size.
Reminds me of 2009 regulations situation. The teams were also forced to get rid of little difficult aerodynamic details and reduce the dirty air. But as we saw, all these little details came back. After 2022 regulations, same thing, and looks like in 2026 little aerodynamic parts will be back, and this generation of cars might theoretically be faster than 2020 cars
The hybrid component of the 2026 regs worry me the most. We simply dont have the means to pack that much power (required) into such a small package AND it being light enough to offset the power lost due to weight. If any team, by any means manages to get this to work, Aero won't matter. At all. Straights go brrr and you can just use some on corner exits. Regarding outwash, the engineers will ALWAYS try to get some sort of it around to floor to aid in sealing the floor.
while it"s on a completely different level, it reminds me of what my neighbour said after winning one of the biggest sailing races at my home lake: "it was a spontaneous decision, at breakfast my nephew said he'd be interested in doing this race, so we signed up and did it"
That front wings looks good, I mean REALLY good! In fact, the whole car just looks cleaner, hopefully it doesn't end up being for show and puts on good racing!
i get people are saying redbull dont want things to change because it will be bad for them but from what i´ve seen they have made some very valid points susch as the downshifting on the straights or how ridicoulous the engine war will be
But at the same time, they are very biased in these concerns. We don't really know what's gonna happen until it does, if the regulations turn out to be too harsh I'm sure most manufacturers will share that opinion and come to an agreement with FIA. We don't know what happens behind the scenes.
And yeah, I don't see Max staying much longer. You don't have to wait till 2026, the Sprint weekends will piss him off. He's been talking about WEC a lot. They still have a traditional type of race format and yeah diverse types of exciting machinery with a much more free set of regulations that incentivises innovation. 😊
@@Lanse1984 Yep! I know about RB17. He did say in a Qatar paddock interview he's doing Le Mans for sure and he is very serious about it. Wanting to prepare well and go for the win. Let's see.
Love this concept car, and as a mercedes and ferrari fan(thanks michael) and waiting the audi car with good hope, cant wait to see how their cars will look like when they will do their own version, mclaren too and drive it in the f1 game. Smaller Car is a win for get away from these huge and hard to race with in old school tracks. And its look futuristic.
Isn't 'active wing' the thing that some hypercars have? Like the McLaren P1, where the wing automatically changes the angles of the flaps to make cornering easier, make acceleration easier, and make breaking easier
Active aerodynamics basically means that you can move or change aerodynamic surfaces while driving. It's currently banned with the exception of DRS (and the amount of unavoidable flex that is within the regulations). In theory, active aero could mean a driver could switch between a low downforce setup and a high downforce setup while on the track, which would lead to huge gains on tracks where you want a mixture like Spa, Austria, and Austin. It all depends exactly on how much the FIA will actually allow because you can get insanely crazy with it. I've seen research for aircraft wings that electrically charge the airflow and then use powerful magnets to manipulate it for instance, or suction or blowing on wing surfaces. Some designs could even try use ailerons on their wings to reduce roll in corners and make the inner tyres take more load so you distribute tyre wear more and get better overall grip. You could also change the aero balance between the front and rear of the car, for instance to resist dive when braking or to get more rear downforce for traction under low grip conditions like rain. The possibilities are endless.
@@miguelpereira9859 At least the driver can decide if he wants to use a setup with more or less downforce. With these horrible regs, even that is not an option.
The 16 inch rims look so much better from an aesthetic angle. I'm hoping with some of those changes to fuel flow and the MGU-H going the way of the Dodo, that the cars go back to sounding like they did in 2021. They may not have been V10s but they still had some good grunt to them.
The 18" rims look better, overall. I'm just glad they didn't go back to the tiny 13" rims. I can hardly look at those cars anymore. They looks so strange, proportionately. Long wide cars with tiny little wheels. The last 2 years have showcased some of the most beautiful car designs we've seen in over a decade.
I hope one salty driver is not going to make f1 reconsider these changes. A smaller car, inwash, and active aero sound so exciting! My only concerns are they talked about turbo lag and I wouldn’t be surprised if the cars still got heavier or weighed the same. Coming out of the corners will be really interesting but maybe that’ll make the racing better. Also have a feeling the front wing will somehow play a role in more downforce, so maybe later breaking?
The pre-2014 sound was heavenly! Sacrilege! 😄 I live in Melbourne, and you used to be able to hear those engines from several *miles* away. Those engine sounds rippled around the whole city. I used to hear the sound of the cars practising on Friday from my school yard in 1996-1998. I miss that sound very much. I wish it would come back. I like the look of the car. I'm seeing a lot of complicated videos from engineers that basically boil down to saying the hybrid components of the 2026 cars will have less overall power and be slower. I hope that's not true, or at least only in a minor way, or worked around by the teams, etc. And I really hope Max doesn't leave.
Battery power...sigh. It's not gonna work. A battery will simply weigh too much to make an F1 car nimble. The current power train package is largely the reason that these cars are so heavy. It should have from the beginning been played over the axis of the fuel partners. E85 is already available as an example.
Battery tech has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years; and that's at the commercial level. At the top of motorsport, those packs should be doable. In turn, we will see smaller ICEs since the power is being shared between them which will reduce weight. With lighter cars we will gain efficiency by default.
Everything looks good but I am worried about the PU side of things. Having the electric component be half the power might see cars slowing down more to recharge
I was skeptic about the 2026 regs, but honestly it just looks mean. That Audi livery with that aero work really does scream "Pinacle of automobile research".
I think the FIA is going to need to be SUPER prescriptive in the technical regs to make the teams do inwashing concepts. Outwash is just so useful for maximizing the effectiveness of the floor and controlling tire wake that the teams naturally gravitate towards outwashing concepts.* Additionally, outwashing concepts have been absolutely dominant ever since the initial aero simplification in 2009, so they're what the teams have experience with. Hopefully the FIA can figure out a way to do that without making F1 a spec series with extra steps. Also the car in the render seems to still have an awful lot of above-body aero, which is a problem given that upwash also creates dirty air. I get the sense that the FIA had been hoping to shrink the wings and other aerodynamic surfaces so the teams rely more on the floor, but has had to drop that in light of Red Bull have a vastly better understanding of under-body aero than all the others. *of course every car does a bit of inwashing, in particular to channel clean air towards the beam wing or diffuser (thus all the bathtubs and watersides these days, and the L pods on the 2011 Mclaren for a throwback), but even cars that lean hard on that still generate a lot more outwash than inwash.
The render is a decent approximation and a good guide for where F1 is going but I'm sure the teams themselves will find other means to make the new regs work we have no clue about.
I think the car concept looks great, the only problem that I have is the whole active aero, on a LMP1 or Hypercar, im all for it, but when your gonna have front wing DRS and other things, that is where it gets kinda ridiculous. I was hoping with the 2026 regs that DRS would be slowly phased out but it seems like it’s more integrated with the new regs
I went to Godwood in 2019 and the sheer difference in size between the 2018 Mercedes and say the Toyota TF108 is mad. Not to mention most of the other F1 cars there, even the older ones. The Lotus 25 for instance was absolutely tiny! There were loads of great cars there: various Formula 1 cars, Formula E cars, the Toyota LMP1, NASCAR cars, MotoGP bikes, a 1993 Penske PC-22 CART car (which was the car I was really looking for along with the F1 cars), a McLaren Can-Am car, an Audi Quattro Group B car and the Volkwagen ID-R among many others. I suppose the one thing missing which I'd have loved to see was a V8 Supercar! I wasn't there all weekend (only two days) but it was a great experience. As for the 2026 regs, I'm sceptical of how much can be achieved with them. Will they be smaller, will they be lighter? Because there's still plenty of scope for them to not turn out like AMuS have envisioned. Reducing the overall weight of the power unit is the key I think, because the safety equipment is needed even if it adds weight.
The 2022 concept failed because one team tried to pull a sneaky one with some rule change requests they thought would slow down their rivals. Remember the racing before the ride height increase? Compare it to after. It’s night and day. Thanks, Mercedes. You couldn’t just be graceful in defeat, could you?
New format is deffo a step in the right direction. Smaller cars will be more nimble and agile on track. Length still needs another 30 - 40cm clip. Width should not go below 1.75 IMO, too unstable in cornering I think besides engine issues. In-wash /Out wash, I think this depends on the package - I am not convinced either way - I think the determining factor must be the dirty air wash ... this has to be minimised to the max and flowinng up - not into the following car. However, the big barge boards are going to make for spicy racing .... fragile. I think we may see a return of the side pod vertical "wings" which I am not opposed to. Proposed Rear Wing aero is brilliant, just limit these to gills (no mini wings or added vanes) and not elements besides the wing itself. The rear wing can still be a touch wider - accross the chassis but I also think this should in-wash (at the cost of a little bit of drag) but to have the wash also go up and over a following car. If they are going down the active aero rabbit hole, then why not the active suspension ? And then 16' wheels - I like this, more economic and also improved vision for the driver. The model front wing is SICK !!!! one of the best front wings I have seen to date on a F1 car. However, instead of 5 elements, perhaps only 3 seeing they want active components. Another thing that has been mentioned is that the engines will regain a specific F1 noise ... bring it on !!!
@@LawVS That period of cars were the best ever IMO size wise. Obviously technology has to be factored in to that packaging .... and the we can really go to the races.
@@perfectman3077 The cars have to become smaller as they are barges now and circuits cannot be constantly be redimentioned for them. The wider the car, the less overtaking there can be. The width of the cars sould not go below 1.75m. But 1.8m is probably best. Maximum length should be 5m but shorter cars will be lighter and therefore faster so between 4.8m and 5m would be ideal with all the tech they carry today. It is agility that makes the racing exciting. This can only be achieved with shorter and narrower cars on todays circuits. Otherwise widen all circuits by 1.5m and you "solve" this issue for passing but not the "nimbleness" of the cars. Which do you think will be the most likely ?
@@cococalm Close racing decreased when width was changed to 1.8 m in 1998. The only track where width MIGHT be an issue is Monaco. Elsewhere that 0.2 m is nothing. Weight is barely related to width, it is mostly down to these massive clown tires, all the electric engine crap, and the added safety parts. Length should be decreased to lower weight (cap it at 4 m), not width.
@@LawVS Drivers were complaining about following other cars being tricky by 2004/'05. Hell there were rule changes for 2005 which tried to reduce front downforce but the teams had clawed most of it back by the time the season got into its swing. I doubt those went away before the refresh in 2009.
There is a company right now in Austria that made a H2 burning 2L V6 turbocharged engine that cranks out 410HP. So no electricity being generated to drive an electrical motor, but pure internal combustion. Maybe if F1 went that way we could bring back the sound of V10's roaring around the track again.
All aerodynamic elements should have restrictions in camber. That's the only way you're going to alleviate the overtaking issues. These elements are so highly loaded that any amount of unsteady flow causes separation. Reduce the load. Will help with drag too.
@@LawVS In my opinion the conversation around overtaking has been dominated by the car in front. How can it shed less flow structures? Well. It is a car. It is as big as it is and it cannot disappear. There isn't enough talk around the car behind. You should have at least an equal amount of effort on decreasing the sensitivity to unsteady flow. Simplifying the front wing and moving to underbody aero was a good first step but then they started raising the floor because some teams got it wrong.
a set maximum drag could achieve this, but would be impossible to test without a wind tunnel. limit drag to a certain amount, and aero solutions will inevitably have to create less turbulence, be less extreme on downforce focus only
Inwash sounds like an opportunity for teams to just develop towards increasing outwash anyway and so negating the regulation. Unless there is a requirement of clean/dirty air ratio to maintain
mainly you want to get the tyre wake away from the aero, if you can better do that by pulling surfaces inward before the tyre to get some airflow in between, or just push it away from the car entirely depends on how wide you are allowed to make your aero pieces. outwash was not an issue before the obnoxiously wide front wings used since 2009. there were other reasons for dirty air as well before, but not that one.
With regards to fuel, I'm surprised F1 hasn't made the jump yet to E85 ethanol fuel (I looked it up and as of 2022 F1 is still on a 90% gasoline/10% ethanol mixture). It's already a well developed technology, it costs 30% less than gasoline, and all they would need to do for the current engines to use it is adopt a different fuel sensor for the intake nozzles. Plus E85 generates more horsepower so it's a win-win. The cars go faster and F1 can claim that their cars are powered by corn 🤣. Also on a sidenote, that Audi livery looks amazing. I don't care if they'll end up being a bad team, I just want to see that thing run on a track. They nailed the right amount of black/silver/red on that car.
I think it was done to be more gradual instead of making a sudden change. Efuels could be ready in a few years so perhaps the E85 call was unheeded to wait for the synthetic stuff.
Inwash wings have been a thing since the 60s, up until 2009, all front wings were a lot less wider than the full width of the car and "pointed" inwards. Then in 2009 we got the new regulations, where the front wing width was increased and then outwash became the way.
I wish they had kept the original weight reduction, that way engineers would have to have been much more creative in reducing the weight of parts and the 'weight saving v reliability' calculation would have been interesting, have a heavier but slower car which will finish over a more fragile rocketship of a car (think 60-early70s lotus cars). It would make races a lot more unpredictable and thus better viewing.
@@LawVS maybe but another thing to consider to can the driver see the ends because a thin sheet of carbon low to the ground and at the end of the day at speeds of 200kph it will probably cut it like butter. I don't know but there's been a lot of contact it those areas of the wheels and you don't want someone in the barrier at speed because of that. If the parts where thinner and didn't stick out so much I'd definitely love to see an aggressive look like that. In the end it's just an opinion and nothing's confirmed.
Active Aero is basically flexi wings and elements. So basically allowing that little bit of flex that teams are abusing now in very simple terms. :) So it isn't like DRS which is a movable aero device, but it is sort of like the McLaren F-Duct
Its funny how F1 looks were born out of making the lightest cars posible, literaly one engine with 4 wheels and 1 seat Since the Hybrid era it feels like they lost that strive for pure performance, which tbh pushing for peak technology is not a bad thing, but is clear they were lost in the middle At this point they are still open-wheel, single-seaters out of tradition, and make no sence when the car is literaly bigger than a SUV, at that point add a clossed cockpit and a more robust aero kit, which they were keen on nerfing as much as posible Might as well make it a spec series So thats my feeling with curent F1, if they are going for evolving technology, they should commit, if they going for pure performance, let the teams go crazy, let them use the power unit they want etc. These new cars feel like a proper step in the right direction The moment I saw that front wing I literaly yelled INDY CAR (lol) The goal curently just seems to be entretaining racing Which I'm all for So hopefuly this goes well Same with Formula E They seem like they finaly got it down and are actualy thinking in both entretaining racing and using that to evolve the technology, not too long ago they had to hop out the car in the middle of a race to use another one due to battery runnung out lol Now they can go at full race distances averaging 200KMH So yeah these changes gotta work
Yesterday i rewatched some Highlights from Malaysia 2001. Cars were so small that i guess 8 could fit on the straight next to each other. today i think it would be 4 or 5 tops
Every Regulation changes has meant that the previous dominant team will be the team that will hurt the most. I'm sure Max knows that 2026 will mean that another team will be better prepared. They also lost Honda which we a know is actually the one working in their engines now. In 2026 Ford is coming in, Aero will be different. They'll lose their strong points and he doesn't want to go back to the Mercedes days when he was fighting for scraps. I honestly think Max will just go to Endurance, he seems to like that series.
@@LawVSIndeed. 2026 is a change comparable to the 2014 reg change. Engine, Aero, suspension, chassis. Pretty much everything will change, so teams reeaaaaaallly need to be careful which engine their partnering with.
Like the reduced length. The front wings do look snappy, however I'm absolutely sure we'll see loads of drivers breaking the sticky outy bits on the ends (and the sticky outy bits on the floor as well probably) tryna race too hard. Feel like they could've gone a bit more aggressive on the width reduction, but at least they tried
I’m an F1 geek and for the past year and a few months I created an alternative universe championships starting with 2023, right now creating the 2041 season (yes I’ve written and calculated almost 20 years of F1 in my notes) And with each year I write team changes, transfers, how many wins they get, what engine they use and the regulations. In my universe I tried to make each year (until 2030) the cars smaller, eventually the cars getting to 4.590 meters in lenght, 1.750 meters in width and 1 meter in height. These are actually the sizes for the 2007 cars and I think these are the best sizes for an F1 car (in my universe we develop a harder compound that would protect the drivers better and let the cars be smaller)
@@astygmatyzm9071 so, you’re gonna laugh but around 2030-2032 you kinda run out of young drivers. And I don’t mean F2 or F3. By 2030 I was already looking at F4 drivers and realized rookies would be 24-26 in 2030 which would be stupid. I even looked into karting championships but it’s really hard to find a real driver that had a chance to F1 because you can’t predict what he’ll do in 8 years. So starting off with 2033 I decided to create fictional drivers. But beside that, what I focused on in this timeline is to create a lot of championship battles and short periods of domination (like 3-4 seasons). I even added teams like BMW, Audi, Ford, Lotus, Andretti, Toyota, Honda and in a couple of seasons I will add Hamilton-Yamaha (Lewis Hamilton’s own team which uses Yamaha engines) If you are interested in my 2030 driver line-up or 2040 or whatever season let me know and I will tell you.
Funny thing is inwash was the main method of front wing aero until the 2009 regulations. That's why McLaren's car at the beginning of that year was so terrible. Outwash was the way to go from then on with that front wing concept.
Dimensions have basically reduced street circuits to processions, so yeah smaller cars would be good. Also why active DRS on front wing? What purpose would it serve. DRS is struggling to justify it's existence as it is.
If Hamilton, Max and even Alonso as much as I like him, some fans may leave but it will bring up new talent and make way for a new team or teams to be top of the grid. I’m all for it.
Ford is only making the ERS unit, the engines are already in home by Red Bull Powertrains and been doing dyno runs even before the Porsche deal was talked about.
Yeah, Red Bull is badging it a Ford, but it's like when they rebadged a Renault engine to Tag Heuer.... It's just a sticker and money Ford is giving Red Bull, plus the ERS system Ford is working on. It feels like a cluster, but Red Bull knows what they are doing. I don't like their drivers, but I quite admire the team.
@@LawVS Nonsense !!!! Max has been saying for years the cars are too big and overweight it needs to change!!! I think they know more about how these cars work than the average person so of course they have an opinion. Ever thought that they might be right and seeing F1 move in the wrong direction?? ..... Imagine you have to shift down in a F1 car when hitting a straight !!! Newey said many times when Albon, Gastly struggled that the RB is a very difficult beast to master but when you do its really quick, Max is a once in a generation talent and adapts to any car and why he was so much faster than them. So If he doesn't like the car I bet it will be pretty terrible to drive for anyone. If this becomes a war of engines again and F1 freeze it, we will have 2014 to 2021 all over again with one team handed the trophy at testing in Feb each year.
Do you think 2026 will bring a car like RB has this generation that is a complete powerhouse thanks to Newey, or will it be akin to 2014 and Mercedes with them having the best engine and that's whats dominating? Or something else?
A mixture of the two. These new regs are covering ALL aspects of the car. 2022 was mostly aero and downforce leaning. This'll be more like the impact 2014 had. If you get a car with the right power unit and aero, they will be mighty.
Ok this probably might be obvious...with no MGU-H in the power units, can we expect a louder engine note and flames coming out of the exhaust like we see in F2? 😊 Did they say anything about the fuel flow and revs?
Dont underestimate the difference the battery can make in 2026. Energy density is getting better all the time. And if you can save on battery weight....
Quick note at 0:16 when it mention Ecclestone being furious about the Las Vegas GP, it takes the cake since it's the continuation of his business practices of the sport that led how the calendar is manage.
I remember he DID talk about Vegas being a possibility ages ago...so this is just...confusing. He's probably sore because Liberty made it happen and he didn't.
F1 last year and this still has far more close racing than 2021 had. It wasn’t until 2021 I realized I could watch F1 on demand through the ESPN app so I can’t speak for seasons before that. But Max Verstappen aside, the racing has been far more interesting. In 2021 most overtakes happened due to pit strategy with undercuts and overcuts. Pretty much every race but Brazil felt like Monaco. lol It says something that even in the “boring” races this season there can be so many battles happening on track at the same time the Tv direction seems completely lost. It’s like they’re still stuck in 2021 where it was just a single file procession, nowhere close to being able to overtake, that only got interesting when there was a safety car or at pit stops.
@@LawVS with all the American races, I could see it. Or return to being a much more direct feeder series with a lot of their young guns like Alex Palou, Calum Ilott(iirc) and Pato O'Ward being tried and tested there
It would be absurdly funny if Max and Lewis both left BEFORE Alonso. Might give the young gun a shot at another title, or at least a win before he retires depending on how the engines come out.
As much as I would LOVE for V8s/V10s to return due to the eFuels requirement, I have to (reluctantly) concede that they have to keep the hybrid system to drive interest from automakers. So....I really hope they can try some way to reduce the overall weight of the PU. Because the components (*especially* the battery) all weigh a lot.
The Aston Martin valkyrie AMR pro is a V12 hybrid and it's glorious. The Cadillac in WEC sounds as thunderous as the old Corvettes that came before the C8 and that too is hybrid.
@@RukaGoldheart Oh, a V10-powered F1 hybrid would be the compromise I would gladly take. But I still hope they can lighten the hybrid system at some point.
Trippling MGU-K is ridiculous; It's becoming Formula E like that. That would mean half the power would come from the battery. So overal the cars would become much slower.
The one thing that I am really curious is whether or not the cars will slower. But I think the engineering madmen will find a way to create a rocketship regardless of the regulations.
im a not a huge fan of active aero, as max said, alot of overtaking comes from differences in setup, think alex albons defence in spa that got him points because of how low downforce he ran all active aero will do will have everyone sift into positions by lap 10 then never overtake again because well its active aero, everyone has perfect aero every straight and every corner the only way this wouldnt happen would be if the drivers controlled the aero, which is a big no
First glance made me think this was actually some kind of formula e concept. Do like the smaller design though, it always feels like smaller cars are just so much more nimble and agile.
2 of the maybes you mention leaving if they don’t like the new regs are old timers in terms of the sport. People need to get used to the idea of them not being around forever and get excited for new drivers to take the spot light. Like Lando and Russel. I’d mention LeCler here but his luck isn’t good enough lmao. And let’s not forget new drivers get to enter the sport! When you have drivers staying in F1 around 2 decades then a LOT of talent is going to pass by without ever having a chance.
Oh yes, they won't be around forever. But it depends on the manner they leave. If they're vocal about their displeasure of the new cars, it'll be a damning verdict b
I think seb showed F1 up with the race without a trace, taking an iconic v10 Williams round the traced producing less pollution than the current hybrids
@@LawVS Yeah... True. What would F1 look like if it were mandatory that every team would have their own engine suplier? Could either be very cool or very very bad.
Could Sebastian Vettel REALLY Make F1 AMAZING? ua-cam.com/video/bWW3-9L4jLg/v-deo.html
More images of the F1 2026 concept: www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/f1-auto-2026-reglement-technik-bilder/
Max hates everything. He hates the Sprints, he hates proposed changes to the Sprints, he hates Drive to Survive, he hates Las Vegas,.... And now he hates the new 2026 formula, go figure. F1 could come up with the most brillient idea ever in the sport and the one thing you know for sure Max will hate it. Being a curmudgeon is just part of his DNA. Great driver but he is such a stick in the mud he is not really worth listening to for anything involving changes to anything because he will find a way to not like it.
Max leaving, Hamilton and Alonso retiring all at the same time would be insane! Taking 3 of the best drivers we have seen off the and leaving that Vacuum to fill would be very interesting.
Indeed. Seb raced for one season under the 2022 regs and it wasn't for him. Yes, wasn't his only reason for leaving but might have been a contributing factor. But yes, those 3 behemoths moving on close to one another would see a HUGE chunk of fans leaving.
It'll be great to see leclerc,norris,piastri, sainz, russel and more foght for top spot.
Even Liam lawson, pouchaire and more entering.
@@LawVS That shift might just be so seismic as to significantly crash down F1's growth in recent years.
@@LawVSpart of me wonders if it’ll be like 2007-2010 with Schumacher gone and the next generation of talent able to thrive and fight amongst themselves for championships. I know it wasn’t quite the next gen with Kiki and Jenson. But having whoever is left fighting would be interesting.
Same happened somewhat in 1994..
Finally, smaller cars. I like the new pods and the rear and front wings are awesome. I can't wait to see the teams take this concept and make it thier own.
It looks like tauter and leaner.
Yeah these regulations have got a lot of potential.
Yes, hopefully we can see cars in the 4.8 - 5m length again and 1.8m wide ...... Bring back agility and nimble handling on the track. = more over takes, dive bombing under braking and humdinger races.
@@cococalmwhen were rhe cars 5m long
@@pieter6342 Clearly you have not been around much. Current cars are more than 5m long, but looking at my comment, I over state what I would actually like, cars between 4.2 and 4.5m like back in 2007/08 would be best with current tech. Cars used to be smaller before but current tech would not fit for those dimensions.
I just want to see more wheel to wheel, lighter and smaller is way to go.
Also the smaller wheels is a win, assuming some of the track limits is related to drivers being unable to see past tyre.
The elimination of outwash is a boost as well
a smaller wheel applies to the rim size but you will find the tyres will be thicker so the rolling cicumference will be the same
@@alantiscity Nope. it is a compromise. The rim and tire are both (as a unit) smaller, overall. The reason they went to a 16" rim, is so they can make the overall size smaller, while still having more than enough tire. So, there is a bit more tire sidewall (less low profile than the last 2 years), but due to the rim being 2" smaller in diameter, the overall size of the package is reduced.
@ShonnDaylee ok i can go with this so a major rethink on the gearing ratio,s also and maybe more tyres overheating ?
I can’t get over how fast you pump out videos of this quality! I’m going to grad school to be an F1 engineer soon and if I land a job on a team (God willing) you are one creator I’d die to talk shop with
Thank you! I live, eat and breathe editing so this is something I went to uni for and have got a good workflow down. Best of luck with your grad school efforts. We shall watch your career with great interest!
Good luck on being an F1 engineer
Love your videos man, keep up the good work
8:50 the 18 inch wheels are giving the drivers visibility problems . Reducing them to 16 inch will help without compromising the handling.
Very true! The drivers will be happy with that.
This is the main point of the change, me thinks.
Also adding to this. My understanding is that the original 13in rims was a carry over rule from when f1 was trying to limit cars braking performance by restricting the size of the brakes by mandating the 13in rim size.
As a german myself, I love the way you say "Auto, Motor und Sport". ;)
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this car looks proportionally right and very beautiful, it reminds me of the ayrton senna's era
Reminds me of 2009 regulations situation. The teams were also forced to get rid of little difficult aerodynamic details and reduce the dirty air. But as we saw, all these little details came back. After 2022 regulations, same thing, and looks like in 2026 little aerodynamic parts will be back, and this generation of cars might theoretically be faster than 2020 cars
2019 had that too with the simplification of the front wing as that got crowded...and let's not forget the 2021 barge boards.
Imagine if Max wins the championship in 2026 but still leaves F1 because he doesnt like how the cars drive. Would be an absolute gigachad move
It would be. Looking success in the face and going "Yeah no. Peace out."
MGU- H are also going to be phased out by 2025/26. This means no muffled exhaust and we can finally enjoy the sound of the V6s
Yep, definitely a nice positive.
The hybrid component of the 2026 regs worry me the most. We simply dont have the means to pack that much power (required) into such a small package AND it being light enough to offset the power lost due to weight.
If any team, by any means manages to get this to work, Aero won't matter. At all. Straights go brrr and you can just use some on corner exits.
Regarding outwash, the engineers will ALWAYS try to get some sort of it around to floor to aid in sealing the floor.
Yes, the power unit needs work but the aero and physical car look rosy.
This is my main concern too. Loss of power/speed.
"It's more of a hobby to me so I do not have to do it if I do not want to." - Kimi Räikkönen The Iceman.
Pretty much Verstappen right now huh?
Exactly. Max has left his mark on the sport and has been honest about his feelings on remaining in F1. He doesn't feel it anymore? He'll walk.
@@LawVSAnd then, building so much around him will make Christian Horner feel as Toto Wolff is feeling at present in Merc.
while it"s on a completely different level, it reminds me of what my neighbour said after winning one of the biggest sailing races at my home lake:
"it was a spontaneous decision, at breakfast my nephew said he'd be interested in doing this race, so we signed up and did it"
If Max goes to endurance racing he will destroy even harder there
That front wings looks good, I mean REALLY good! In fact, the whole car just looks cleaner, hopefully it doesn't end up being for show and puts on good racing!
If this turns out to be the final template for 2026, I think these cars could be the prettiest baseline in years.
i get people are saying redbull dont want things to change because it will be bad for them but from what i´ve seen they have made some very valid points susch as the downshifting on the straights or how ridicoulous the engine war will be
But I bet they have either cracked it already or will crack it by the time we get to 2026.
But at the same time, they are very biased in these concerns. We don't really know what's gonna happen until it does, if the regulations turn out to be too harsh I'm sure most manufacturers will share that opinion and come to an agreement with FIA. We don't know what happens behind the scenes.
Gotta love being early to another LawVS vid!
I like the new car design. It's a mix between early 2000s and the current cars.
And yeah, I don't see Max staying much longer. You don't have to wait till 2026, the Sprint weekends will piss him off. He's been talking about WEC a lot. They still have a traditional type of race format and yeah diverse types of exciting machinery with a much more free set of regulations that incentivises innovation. 😊
I think 2026, if the cars don't suit him, will be his last straw and we could see a Nigel Mansell of 1995 and he would just walk mid-season.
I think Redbull is building a WEC car. Thats what the RB17 project is. Likely to keep Max in
@@Lanse1984 Yep! I know about RB17. He did say in a Qatar paddock interview he's doing Le Mans for sure and he is very serious about it. Wanting to prepare well and go for the win. Let's see.
@@LawVSor he may want to try motorsports' Triple Crown, eh? *nudge* eeeh?
Love this concept car, and as a mercedes and ferrari fan(thanks michael) and waiting the audi car with good hope, cant wait to see how their cars will look like when they will do their own version, mclaren too and drive it in the f1 game.
Smaller Car is a win for get away from these huge and hard to race with in old school tracks.
And its look futuristic.
Isn't 'active wing' the thing that some hypercars have? Like the McLaren P1, where the wing automatically changes the angles of the flaps to make cornering easier, make acceleration easier, and make breaking easier
I wasn't sure what the specifics are but the added elements will make the rear wing more dynamic than before.
@@LawVS Also adding active front wing elements. Though, I'm not sure how that's going to work.
Active aerodynamics basically means that you can move or change aerodynamic surfaces while driving. It's currently banned with the exception of DRS (and the amount of unavoidable flex that is within the regulations). In theory, active aero could mean a driver could switch between a low downforce setup and a high downforce setup while on the track, which would lead to huge gains on tracks where you want a mixture like Spa, Austria, and Austin. It all depends exactly on how much the FIA will actually allow because you can get insanely crazy with it. I've seen research for aircraft wings that electrically charge the airflow and then use powerful magnets to manipulate it for instance, or suction or blowing on wing surfaces.
Some designs could even try use ailerons on their wings to reduce roll in corners and make the inner tyres take more load so you distribute tyre wear more and get better overall grip. You could also change the aero balance between the front and rear of the car, for instance to resist dive when braking or to get more rear downforce for traction under low grip conditions like rain. The possibilities are endless.
Thank you! That's a helpful way of explaining it!
Basically, driver skill will be completely unnecessary. It'll be all about the engineers. What a disaster.
@@perfectman3077It already is all about the engineering
@@miguelpereira9859 At least the driver can decide if he wants to use a setup with more or less downforce. With these horrible regs, even that is not an option.
@@perfectman3077 Fair point
The 16 inch rims look so much better from an aesthetic angle. I'm hoping with some of those changes to fuel flow and the MGU-H going the way of the Dodo, that the cars go back to sounding like they did in 2021. They may not have been V10s but they still had some good grunt to them.
The 18 inch wheels look good but I think this is a good compromise between nostalgia and modern tech.
The 18" rims look better, overall. I'm just glad they didn't go back to the tiny 13" rims. I can hardly look at those cars anymore. They looks so strange, proportionately. Long wide cars with tiny little wheels. The last 2 years have showcased some of the most beautiful car designs we've seen in over a decade.
I hope one salty driver is not going to make f1 reconsider these changes. A smaller car, inwash, and active aero sound so exciting!
My only concerns are they talked about turbo lag and I wouldn’t be surprised if the cars still got heavier or weighed the same. Coming out of the corners will be really interesting but maybe that’ll make the racing better. Also have a feeling the front wing will somehow play a role in more downforce, so maybe later breaking?
They won't reconsider. They've bet the farm on this event, F1.
The pre-2014 sound was heavenly! Sacrilege! 😄
I live in Melbourne, and you used to be able to hear those engines from several *miles* away. Those engine sounds rippled around the whole city. I used to hear the sound of the cars practising on Friday from my school yard in 1996-1998. I miss that sound very much. I wish it would come back.
I like the look of the car. I'm seeing a lot of complicated videos from engineers that basically boil down to saying the hybrid components of the 2026 cars will have less overall power and be slower. I hope that's not true, or at least only in a minor way, or worked around by the teams, etc. And I really hope Max doesn't leave.
2005 was probably the peak. The V10s sounded manic.
Battery power...sigh. It's not gonna work. A battery will simply weigh too much to make an F1 car nimble. The current power train package is largely the reason that these cars are so heavy. It should have from the beginning been played over the axis of the fuel partners. E85 is already available as an example.
Battery tech has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years; and that's at the commercial level. At the top of motorsport, those packs should be doable. In turn, we will see smaller ICEs since the power is being shared between them which will reduce weight. With lighter cars we will gain efficiency by default.
Everything looks good but I am worried about the PU side of things. Having the electric component be half the power might see cars slowing down more to recharge
True. It's not all perfect but the car itself looks good.
I was skeptic about the 2026 regs, but honestly it just looks mean.
That Audi livery with that aero work really does scream "Pinacle of automobile research".
It definitely looks positive.
I think the FIA is going to need to be SUPER prescriptive in the technical regs to make the teams do inwashing concepts. Outwash is just so useful for maximizing the effectiveness of the floor and controlling tire wake that the teams naturally gravitate towards outwashing concepts.* Additionally, outwashing concepts have been absolutely dominant ever since the initial aero simplification in 2009, so they're what the teams have experience with. Hopefully the FIA can figure out a way to do that without making F1 a spec series with extra steps.
Also the car in the render seems to still have an awful lot of above-body aero, which is a problem given that upwash also creates dirty air. I get the sense that the FIA had been hoping to shrink the wings and other aerodynamic surfaces so the teams rely more on the floor, but has had to drop that in light of Red Bull have a vastly better understanding of under-body aero than all the others.
*of course every car does a bit of inwashing, in particular to channel clean air towards the beam wing or diffuser (thus all the bathtubs and watersides these days, and the L pods on the 2011 Mclaren for a throwback), but even cars that lean hard on that still generate a lot more outwash than inwash.
The render is a decent approximation and a good guide for where F1 is going but I'm sure the teams themselves will find other means to make the new regs work we have no clue about.
I think the car concept looks great, the only problem that I have is the whole active aero, on a LMP1 or Hypercar, im all for it, but when your gonna have front wing DRS and other things, that is where it gets kinda ridiculous. I was hoping with the 2026 regs that DRS would be slowly phased out but it seems like it’s more integrated with the new regs
I went to Godwood in 2019 and the sheer difference in size between the 2018 Mercedes and say the Toyota TF108 is mad. Not to mention most of the other F1 cars there, even the older ones. The Lotus 25 for instance was absolutely tiny!
There were loads of great cars there: various Formula 1 cars, Formula E cars, the Toyota LMP1, NASCAR cars, MotoGP bikes, a 1993 Penske PC-22 CART car (which was the car I was really looking for along with the F1 cars), a McLaren Can-Am car, an Audi Quattro Group B car and the Volkwagen ID-R among many others. I suppose the one thing missing which I'd have loved to see was a V8 Supercar! I wasn't there all weekend (only two days) but it was a great experience.
As for the 2026 regs, I'm sceptical of how much can be achieved with them. Will they be smaller, will they be lighter? Because there's still plenty of scope for them to not turn out like AMuS have envisioned. Reducing the overall weight of the power unit is the key I think, because the safety equipment is needed even if it adds weight.
Indeed. One needs to see the different eras in person to get an idea of the size difference.
As long as it provides good racing - I’m happy with the new car. It looks good.
It does, yes!
If kmag is still in the sport in 2026 he is going to destroy so many front wing end plates they look weak.
I doubt he will make it past 2024, he seems truly done at this point.
The 2022 concept failed because one team tried to pull a sneaky one with some rule change requests they thought would slow down their rivals. Remember the racing before the ride height increase? Compare it to after. It’s night and day.
Thanks, Mercedes. You couldn’t just be graceful in defeat, could you?
True. I wonder what might have been had Mercedes kept their mouth shut?
New format is deffo a step in the right direction. Smaller cars will be more nimble and agile on track. Length still needs another 30 - 40cm clip. Width should not go below 1.75 IMO, too unstable in cornering I think besides engine issues. In-wash /Out wash, I think this depends on the package - I am not convinced either way - I think the determining factor must be the dirty air wash ... this has to be minimised to the max and flowinng up - not into the following car. However, the big barge boards are going to make for spicy racing .... fragile. I think we may see a return of the side pod vertical "wings" which I am not opposed to. Proposed Rear Wing aero is brilliant, just limit these to gills (no mini wings or added vanes) and not elements besides the wing itself. The rear wing can still be a touch wider - accross the chassis but I also think this should in-wash (at the cost of a little bit of drag) but to have the wash also go up and over a following car. If they are going down the active aero rabbit hole, then why not the active suspension ? And then 16' wheels - I like this, more economic and also improved vision for the driver. The model front wing is SICK !!!! one of the best front wings I have seen to date on a F1 car. However, instead of 5 elements, perhaps only 3 seeing they want active components. Another thing that has been mentioned is that the engines will regain a specific F1 noise ... bring it on !!!
The cars of the late 90s, early 2000s were 1.8m so that should be about right.
@@LawVS That period of cars were the best ever IMO size wise. Obviously technology has to be factored in to that packaging .... and the we can really go to the races.
width shouldn't change at all. 2 m is the perfect width for these things. 1.8 m cars looked so pathetic.
@@perfectman3077 The cars have to become smaller as they are barges now and circuits cannot be constantly be redimentioned for them. The wider the car, the less overtaking there can be. The width of the cars sould not go below 1.75m. But 1.8m is probably best. Maximum length should be 5m but shorter cars will be lighter and therefore faster so between 4.8m and 5m would be ideal with all the tech they carry today. It is agility that makes the racing exciting. This can only be achieved with shorter and narrower cars on todays circuits. Otherwise widen all circuits by 1.5m and you "solve" this issue for passing but not the "nimbleness" of the cars. Which do you think will be the most likely ?
@@cococalm Close racing decreased when width was changed to 1.8 m in 1998. The only track where width MIGHT be an issue is Monaco. Elsewhere that 0.2 m is nothing. Weight is barely related to width, it is mostly down to these massive clown tires, all the electric engine crap, and the added safety parts. Length should be decreased to lower weight (cap it at 4 m), not width.
For engine sound just look on WEC hypercar clas, Thier exactly same v6+ battery like f1 did but get more Lauder engine roar then f1
Sounds like a fair comparison.
Yooo, if Max retires, then that means Ferrari is 1000% winning a championship. Amirite fellas? Right??? (I am on Copium).
Ferrari could be better with Fred in charge by then.
Inwash was actually a prominent feature on many front wings between 2001 to 2008, so they're basically revisiting an idea that used to work
Only doubling down. I don't remember being much complaints about dirty air in the early 2000s.
@@LawVS Drivers were complaining about following other cars being tricky by 2004/'05. Hell there were rule changes for 2005 which tried to reduce front downforce but the teams had clawed most of it back by the time the season got into its swing. I doubt those went away before the refresh in 2009.
There is a company right now in Austria that made a H2 burning 2L V6 turbocharged engine that cranks out 410HP. So no electricity being generated to drive an electrical motor, but pure internal combustion. Maybe if F1 went that way we could bring back the sound of V10's roaring around the track again.
Maybe they might do come 2030 to meet their Net Zero targets.
@@LawVS we can always hope
All aerodynamic elements should have restrictions in camber. That's the only way you're going to alleviate the overtaking issues. These elements are so highly loaded that any amount of unsteady flow causes separation. Reduce the load. Will help with drag too.
Perhaps. But the inwash method does seem to be a positive addition.
@@LawVS In my opinion the conversation around overtaking has been dominated by the car in front. How can it shed less flow structures? Well. It is a car. It is as big as it is and it cannot disappear. There isn't enough talk around the car behind. You should have at least an equal amount of effort on decreasing the sensitivity to unsteady flow. Simplifying the front wing and moving to underbody aero was a good first step but then they started raising the floor because some teams got it wrong.
a set maximum drag could achieve this, but would be impossible to test without a wind tunnel.
limit drag to a certain amount, and aero solutions will inevitably have to create less turbulence, be less extreme on downforce focus only
The last time we went “all German” it didn’t go so well
What? When Rosberg and Schumacher were teammates?
Inwash sounds like an opportunity for teams to just develop towards increasing outwash anyway and so negating the regulation. Unless there is a requirement of clean/dirty air ratio to maintain
I would hope that F1 comes up with workarounds to prevent outwash from being prevalent.
Toto will have FOM on speed-dial. There will inevitably be a technical directive that hampers the first car to do that
mainly you want to get the tyre wake away from the aero, if you can better do that by pulling surfaces inward before the tyre to get some airflow in between, or just push it away from the car entirely depends on how wide you are allowed to make your aero pieces.
outwash was not an issue before the obnoxiously wide front wings used since 2009.
there were other reasons for dirty air as well before, but not that one.
With regards to fuel, I'm surprised F1 hasn't made the jump yet to E85 ethanol fuel (I looked it up and as of 2022 F1 is still on a 90% gasoline/10% ethanol mixture). It's already a well developed technology, it costs 30% less than gasoline, and all they would need to do for the current engines to use it is adopt a different fuel sensor for the intake nozzles. Plus E85 generates more horsepower so it's a win-win. The cars go faster and F1 can claim that their cars are powered by corn 🤣. Also on a sidenote, that Audi livery looks amazing. I don't care if they'll end up being a bad team, I just want to see that thing run on a track. They nailed the right amount of black/silver/red on that car.
I think it was done to be more gradual instead of making a sudden change. Efuels could be ready in a few years so perhaps the E85 call was unheeded to wait for the synthetic stuff.
Inwash wings have been a thing since the 60s, up until 2009, all front wings were a lot less wider than the full width of the car and "pointed" inwards. Then in 2009 we got the new regulations, where the front wing width was increased and then outwash became the way.
It's good to see them back then and outwash truly diminished instead of reduced.
I wish they had kept the original weight reduction, that way engineers would have to have been much more creative in reducing the weight of parts and the 'weight saving v reliability' calculation would have been interesting, have a heavier but slower car which will finish over a more fragile rocketship of a car (think 60-early70s lotus cars). It would make races a lot more unpredictable and thus better viewing.
Even then they would have still been heavier than the 2017 cars. To get near the 2000s cars you need to lose 170kg or something
My only problem is with the out wash reduction parts to the front wing it might pop tires a lot easier so safety will be reduced
I reckon they will counter that with sturdier tyres.
@@LawVS maybe but another thing to consider to can the driver see the ends because a thin sheet of carbon low to the ground and at the end of the day at speeds of 200kph it will probably cut it like butter.
I don't know but there's been a lot of contact it those areas of the wheels and you don't want someone in the barrier at speed because of that. If the parts where thinner and didn't stick out so much I'd definitely love to see an aggressive look like that. In the end it's just an opinion and nothing's confirmed.
Really like your set up!
Active Aero is basically flexi wings and elements. So basically allowing that little bit of flex that teams are abusing now in very simple terms. :)
So it isn't like DRS which is a movable aero device, but it is sort of like the McLaren F-Duct
So I suppose it's essentially regulating what's already there. Like with the F-duct morphing into DRS.
Its funny how F1 looks were born out of making the lightest cars posible, literaly one engine with 4 wheels and 1 seat
Since the Hybrid era it feels like they lost that strive for pure performance, which tbh pushing for peak technology is not a bad thing, but is clear they were lost in the middle
At this point they are still open-wheel, single-seaters out of tradition, and make no sence when the car is literaly bigger than a SUV, at that point add a clossed cockpit and a more robust aero kit, which they were keen on nerfing as much as posible
Might as well make it a spec series
So thats my feeling with curent F1, if they are going for evolving technology, they should commit, if they going for pure performance, let the teams go crazy, let them use the power unit they want etc.
These new cars feel like a proper step in the right direction
The moment I saw that front wing I literaly yelled INDY CAR (lol)
The goal curently just seems to be entretaining racing
Which I'm all for
So hopefuly this goes well
Same with Formula E
They seem like they finaly got it down and are actualy thinking in both entretaining racing and using that to evolve the technology, not too long ago they had to hop out the car in the middle of a race to use another one due to battery runnung out lol
Now they can go at full race distances averaging 200KMH
So yeah these changes gotta work
The problem with these extra gubbins is that it adds weight. The old cars were mostly engine, fuel, driver and that's it.
Yesterday i rewatched some Highlights from Malaysia 2001. Cars were so small that i guess 8 could fit on the straight next to each other. today i think it would be 4 or 5 tops
Especially since Sepang was one of the most modern tracks at the time and built for the future.
That was that rainy race in which Jos Verstappen shone in the Arrows right?
Every Regulation changes has meant that the previous dominant team will be the team that will hurt the most.
I'm sure Max knows that 2026 will mean that another team will be better prepared. They also lost Honda which we a know is actually the one working in their engines now.
In 2026 Ford is coming in, Aero will be different. They'll lose their strong points and he doesn't want to go back to the Mercedes days when he was fighting for scraps.
I honestly think Max will just go to Endurance, he seems to like that series.
This is a very big change with aero changes as well as powertrain changes. 2022 was aero-based, so less extensive than 2014.
@@LawVSIndeed. 2026 is a change comparable to the 2014 reg change.
Engine, Aero, suspension, chassis. Pretty much everything will change, so teams reeaaaaaallly need to be careful which engine their partnering with.
front wing end plate looks very indycar-ish.
Looks mean though.
Like the reduced length. The front wings do look snappy, however I'm absolutely sure we'll see loads of drivers breaking the sticky outy bits on the ends (and the sticky outy bits on the floor as well probably) tryna race too hard. Feel like they could've gone a bit more aggressive on the width reduction, but at least they tried
Oh yes, we will see plenty of scuffed front wings...but then again, we see that already!
I’m an F1 geek and for the past year and a few months I created an alternative universe championships starting with 2023, right now creating the 2041 season (yes I’ve written and calculated almost 20 years of F1 in my notes)
And with each year I write team changes, transfers, how many wins they get, what engine they use and the regulations.
In my universe I tried to make each year (until 2030) the cars smaller, eventually the cars getting to 4.590 meters in lenght, 1.750 meters in width and 1 meter in height.
These are actually the sizes for the 2007 cars and I think these are the best sizes for an F1 car (in my universe we develop a harder compound that would protect the drivers better and let the cars be smaller)
Neat! I'm glad the cars are looking to go on a diet and shrink a little.
What's your lineup for 2041?
@@astygmatyzm9071 so, you’re gonna laugh but around 2030-2032 you kinda run out of young drivers. And I don’t mean F2 or F3. By 2030 I was already looking at F4 drivers and realized rookies would be 24-26 in 2030 which would be stupid. I even looked into karting championships but it’s really hard to find a real driver that had a chance to F1 because you can’t predict what he’ll do in 8 years. So starting off with 2033 I decided to create fictional drivers.
But beside that, what I focused on in this timeline is to create a lot of championship battles and short periods of domination (like 3-4 seasons).
I even added teams like BMW, Audi, Ford, Lotus, Andretti, Toyota, Honda and in a couple of seasons I will add Hamilton-Yamaha (Lewis Hamilton’s own team which uses Yamaha engines)
If you are interested in my 2030 driver line-up or 2040 or whatever season let me know and I will tell you.
Funny thing is inwash was the main method of front wing aero until the 2009 regulations. That's why McLaren's car at the beginning of that year was so terrible. Outwash was the way to go from then on with that front wing concept.
I'm glad it's going back to that philosophy as it clearly saw closer racing than today.
the 2026 cars will be smaller bit they will be a lot and i mean a lot heavier in comparitively speaking
They WILL be lighter than the current cars, but still heavier than the 2021 cars.
@@LawVS i mean relative to size
@@LawVS they are a little bit lighter but they are also a lot smaller
Keep pumping out the good content, like a tire pump!
😂
When you started OOOH OOOH-ing, I was waiting for a "Suits you sir!"
The 2026 regulations car concept looks a lot like what a 2007/2008 car would look like with modern technology.
More like 2006 as the car looks tidier than the 2008 cars.
Dimensions have basically reduced street circuits to processions, so yeah smaller cars would be good. Also why active DRS on front wing? What purpose would it serve. DRS is struggling to justify it's existence as it is.
Perhaps the DRS effect will be shared between the two wings instead of the rear wing only.
Yes, 2026 rules WILL be bad for ALL of F1 ... these new engine regs are going to be a disaster
I bank on the engine bods figuring something out though.
@@LawVS Honestly, I *hope* they do, but I think 2026 is going to be a horrid year for F1 as far as the racing goes.
Please tell me it’s narrower at the very least.
It is. 100mm narrower.
I love the look of the new car, it’s like the 2000s cars but modernized
Could do with being more compact but it's certainly a step in the right direction.
If Hamilton, Max and even Alonso as much as I like him, some fans may leave but it will bring up new talent and make way for a new team or teams to be top of the grid. I’m all for it.
That's true. New talent will step up including Charles, Lando and George.
Ford is only making the ERS unit, the engines are already in home by Red Bull Powertrains and been doing dyno runs even before the Porsche deal was talked about.
Yeah. I've always felt that Ford isn't really putting that much into the operation.
Yeah, Red Bull is badging it a Ford, but it's like when they rebadged a Renault engine to Tag Heuer.... It's just a sticker and money Ford is giving Red Bull, plus the ERS system Ford is working on. It feels like a cluster, but Red Bull knows what they are doing. I don't like their drivers, but I quite admire the team.
If you were winning it all you wouldn't want any changes either!
Exactly. Christian Horner doesn't want to challenge for titles anymore after 2021. He wants to coast.
@@LawVS Nonsense !!!! Max has been saying for years the cars are too big and overweight it needs to change!!! I think they know more about how these cars work than the average person so of course they have an opinion. Ever thought that they might be right and seeing F1 move in the wrong direction?? ..... Imagine you have to shift down in a F1 car when hitting a straight !!! Newey said many times when Albon, Gastly struggled that the RB is a very difficult beast to master but when you do its really quick, Max is a once in a generation talent and adapts to any car and why he was so much faster than them. So If he doesn't like the car I bet it will be pretty terrible to drive for anyone. If this becomes a war of engines again and F1 freeze it, we will have 2014 to 2021 all over again with one team handed the trophy at testing in Feb each year.
I might be wrong but didn’t F1 have the inwash concept pre 2009?
I believe so, upon a little more digging. Then outwash became the rage and we started to have real problems.
Do you think 2026 will bring a car like RB has this generation that is a complete powerhouse thanks to Newey, or will it be akin to 2014 and Mercedes with them having the best engine and that's whats dominating? Or something else?
A mixture of the two. These new regs are covering ALL aspects of the car. 2022 was mostly aero and downforce leaning. This'll be more like the impact 2014 had. If you get a car with the right power unit and aero, they will be mighty.
They need to be small, MUCH lighter, sound better and be able to race flat out. That all points to one obvious thing to delete: the battery.
Front wing reminds me of an Indy car wing, especially from that top view.
Very true. I can't wait to see if this turns out to be a true.
Ngl, the 2026 render looks like a mash of a 2023 F2 car, an Indycar and a 2023 F1 car.
It's a concept but I see your point.
Ok this probably might be obvious...with no MGU-H in the power units, can we expect a louder engine note and flames coming out of the exhaust like we see in F2? 😊 Did they say anything about the fuel flow and revs?
That's what the intent is, to have a louder and more juicy sound.
Max is right. Active aero and the new engines are going to be so terrible.
I hope they can figure something out. Many other feats of engineering have been conquered in F1's past.
@@LawVS I am not so sure. This is the opposite of a feat of engineering. An own goal.
Dont underestimate the difference the battery can make in 2026. Energy density is getting better all the time. And if you can save on battery weight....
Indeed! Batteries will get more efficient and the weight reduction will exacerbate that even more.
Currently wheels account for 80kgs. If you want to cut weight the wheels are the best place to start with 😊
They're being shrunk and made narrower which will be an easy reduction. The pit crew will like that!
Wish they just dropped all the regulations would be interesting to see what the teams would do and how each car would look
Look at the 2004 BAR which attempted the Bonneville speed record.
Quick note at 0:16 when it mention Ecclestone being furious about the Las Vegas GP, it takes the cake since it's the continuation of his business practices of the sport that led how the calendar is manage.
I remember he DID talk about Vegas being a possibility ages ago...so this is just...confusing. He's probably sore because Liberty made it happen and he didn't.
F1 last year and this still has far more close racing than 2021 had. It wasn’t until 2021 I realized I could watch F1 on demand through the ESPN app so I can’t speak for seasons before that. But Max Verstappen aside, the racing has been far more interesting. In 2021 most overtakes happened due to pit strategy with undercuts and overcuts. Pretty much every race but Brazil felt like Monaco. lol
It says something that even in the “boring” races this season there can be so many battles happening on track at the same time the Tv direction seems completely lost. It’s like they’re still stuck in 2021 where it was just a single file procession, nowhere close to being able to overtake, that only got interesting when there was a safety car or at pit stops.
Yes. There's been more stories to follow than just the lead. Maybe this season has seen people recognise that more.
Boy, I would love to see what manufacturers can do without restrictions - just purely from a technological perspective
The BAR that did the speed record in 2005. Look it up.
Bring back V8s and V10s. Good oldschool racing with sound.
If the efuels get their way, it could do with electric aids
Yknow whats funny is that these look a lot closer to current indycars (especially the front wings, rear/sides and all)
They might converge soon.
@@LawVS with all the American races, I could see it. Or return to being a much more direct feeder series with a lot of their young guns like Alex Palou, Calum Ilott(iirc) and Pato O'Ward being tried and tested there
It would be absurdly funny if Max and Lewis both left BEFORE Alonso. Might give the young gun a shot at another title, or at least a win before he retires depending on how the engines come out.
It would be another feather for Alonso's cap. First to 400 GP?
As much as I would LOVE for V8s/V10s to return due to the eFuels requirement, I have to (reluctantly) concede that they have to keep the hybrid system to drive interest from automakers.
So....I really hope they can try some way to reduce the overall weight of the PU. Because the components (*especially* the battery) all weigh a lot.
I reckon it could be a halfway house solution where the V10 sound is there but battery power backs it up.
The Aston Martin valkyrie AMR pro is a V12 hybrid and it's glorious. The Cadillac in WEC sounds as thunderous as the old Corvettes that came before the C8 and that too is hybrid.
@@RukaGoldheart Oh, a V10-powered F1 hybrid would be the compromise I would gladly take. But I still hope they can lighten the hybrid system at some point.
Trippling MGU-K is ridiculous; It's becoming Formula E like that. That would mean half the power would come from the battery. So overal the cars would become much slower.
That's what they're going for, I think. 50/50 split in power output.
The one thing that I am really curious is whether or not the cars will slower. But I think the engineering madmen will find a way to create a rocketship regardless of the regulations.
According to AMuS, the deficit will be relatively minimal; about a second or so, they predict.
im a not a huge fan of active aero, as max said, alot of overtaking comes from differences in setup, think alex albons defence in spa that got him points because of how low downforce he ran
all active aero will do will have everyone sift into positions by lap 10 then never overtake again because well its active aero, everyone has perfect aero every straight and every corner
the only way this wouldnt happen would be if the drivers controlled the aero, which is a big no
It'll probably be the wild west for 2026 and then regulated into oblivion come 2028.
The render looks lovely, yet I agree with Max, active aero would be....Just not ideal...I don't know
Not ideal, but sometimes folks have to adapt.
Came for the f1 content stayed to find out what colour the duotone lights would be each video
Haha, part of the intrigue!
Will the 2026 cars have ground FX ?
They will! This is an evolution of the 2022 regulations.
First glance made me think this was actually some kind of formula e concept.
Do like the smaller design though, it always feels like smaller cars are just so much more nimble and agile.
It's nice to see the car look more compact and like the early 2010s more.
2 of the maybes you mention leaving if they don’t like the new regs are old timers in terms of the sport. People need to get used to the idea of them not being around forever and get excited for new drivers to take the spot light. Like Lando and Russel. I’d mention LeCler here but his luck isn’t good enough lmao. And let’s not forget new drivers get to enter the sport! When you have drivers staying in F1 around 2 decades then a LOT of talent is going to pass by without ever having a chance.
Oh yes, they won't be around forever. But it depends on the manner they leave. If they're vocal about their displeasure of the new cars, it'll be a damning verdict b
@@LawVS that’s very true.
Is it just aerodynamics that teams are allowed to innovate with? Like for the past few seasons?
The ICE has had development frozen save for reliability for the past few years.
I think seb showed F1 up with the race without a trace, taking an iconic v10 Williams round the traced producing less pollution than the current hybrids
He did! He had a 93 McLaren as well.
Design kinda reminds of earlier 2000-2006 car but with little bit some mix with modern era
You're right there! Right before 2007/8 when you could barely see the car for all those winglets!
@@LawVSfront winglets it's very like early 2000 cars , that why feel so familiar
These 2026 with Inwash might be a bit more draggy. So that might get a bit spicy.
But the front wing DRS (if that's right) will make up for it in the straights.
@@LawVS
Yeah... True.
What would F1 look like if it were mandatory that every team would have their own engine suplier?
Could either be very cool or very very bad.
I love how the 2026 regulations have basically turned into make an Indy car and add a battery lol
I wouldn't be surprised if they converge one day.
I just wish that the front wing wouldn't be as wide as the car
Most of it isn't anymore but I think that's a legacy of 2009
It looks like the w14 evolved w all those stuck on bits by the side pod
They're basically new bargeboards guiding air into the Venturi tunnels.
I like thevdesign, 16 inch wheels (bit shorter car , and somewhat not that wide (10 cm) and lighter too
If this becomes the template for 2026, this will be a very pretty era.
I just wana see smaller cars, no more DRS, no more hybrid or V6 engines. And bring back V8 or V10 with carbon-neutral fuel.
I think they're adapting DRS to make it less powerful or it deactivates after the overtake is done.