Verstappen Warns 2026 Regulations Will Ruin F1

FIA said they wanted to make the car smaller and lighter

F1 was already ruined in 2014.

Honest like Kimi but speaking way longer.

All these agendas are ruining the sport. Why don’t they race with electric skates already?

He got a bit wrong here:
A lot less drag: less dirty air, more chance to catch up on straight, not worse.
Car will actually weigh less: 50kg. Just mere 50kg. I believe this is how much the MGUH we all hated so much weigh. Yeah, we lose 50kg, but also 300HP.

What he got right: ICE power competition. Or else F1 will forever have 60HP less than an F2 car.

Verstappen Warns 2026 Regulations Will Ruin <his chance to become F1 champ 15 years in a row>

1. Bring back the V10 engine. Make them rev to 25k
2. Get rid of all the hippy energy nonsense. Just tweak the calender and have them travel less to save on emissions.
3. Introduce a sustainable fuel.
4. Make them far smaller
5. Make them far lighter
6. Drop the stupid mandatory tyre use. Who the hell cares if they use the soft tyre 2 times and no other tyre?
7. Have zero electronic aids
8. Try to improve the aero for closer following

Problem solved. Easy to fund, easy to run. Simple cars leads to exciting racing.

F1 couldn’t get any worse

Maybe he is just concerned that his winning steak will come to an end, once the regs level the field?

Just skip all the rules. Make it dangerous again.

simply true

Verstappen Warns 2026 Regulations Will Ruin F1 (For Me). This might be a more accurate title perhaps.

Wow. Sounds like Max has put a lot of thought into this. Too bad the FIA and Liberty Media couldn't do the same.

2013 Vettel : 2014 would makes F1 exciting

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Max and Horner already making excuses after they get rid of Honda.

F1 is dogshit anyway. It can’t get any worse. It’s been a snore fest for years.

Yeah... Doesn't look like a future f1 is for me.

How about F1 admit they made a mistake, and tell the manufactures they are returning to V8s since they will be using synthetic fuels. Make the cars lighter faster and give people what they want.

Need to stop bending over to manufacturers

They need to stop reinventing the wheel. I know they’re concern is carbon emissions as well so why make a heavier car with rumors of a turbo four cyl when they can go back to smaller lighter weight cars and run a small displacement NA v8 or he’ll keep the turbo six but with fuel technology and lighter chassis and keeping the same power plant meaning more years of refinement, they could achieve a greater experience for the drivers. Viewers. And the sport in general. If they want all this change implement a new series as formula e did. But F1 has already strayed far from its roots. I know sports evolve and change over time. But what sport rewrites the rules and size of the field, ball, etc to become a new sport to what it began. It doesn’t happen.

2021 regs ruined f1

You heard it here first: Mac Verstappen World Champion until 2026 lol

Awwww! Are they not in red bulls favour? 😂 What a Crybaby

red bull have already ruined F1 so there would not be a big difference...

Why is less drag bad for overtaking?

I remember the mid 90s when the cars were at 500 Kg and half the size. This was fun to watch. And it is good to have a strong WC now, who understands the technical side and knows what it does on the track. We already have an electrical series, FE, and it is boring and nobody cares about it. F1 should get rid of the electrical stuff and concentrate on engines with carbon-free fuels. Because racing will shrink heavily if every series will use electrical power in the future which has no sound and racing without sound is not worth watching. It is like football with an empty stadium. And we all saw it during covid. But F1 will keep this way because they only have $ in the eyes atm. But then they will take the same way as NASCAR. The F1 boom will be over soon...

How can f1 get worse? I'm surprised people keep watching it.

Strip the cars of all those safety things keep the halo and make the circuits safer, remove batteries make the cars v8's or free valved or hydrid v6's, add 1 refuel stop.

When I first looked at the 2026 regulations, my original thought was that they would be very similar to the power and weight of the LMP1 hybrid cars of 2015. ~550hp from the ICE, ~400hp from batteries, 850kg? that's almost the same numbers as a Porsche 919 except the F1 car's weight includes the driver already. WEC racing was probably at an all-time peak with Porsche, Audi, and Toyota duking it out for 24 hours straight, passing each other at different parts of the race. But when I really think about it, the magic was because Porsche, Audi, and Toyota all had different engines, different cylinders, different battery sizes, heck Audi used diesel. I'm not sure it would be anywhere as entertaining if all the cars had the same powertrains, and constantly had to conserve fuel and batteries non-stop.

400kilo minimum weight with driver
Choice of V8 or V10 powertrains
maximum output at 1000bhp
No active aero no drs

Max seeing that he might not dominate 2026

The FIA say they want to cap costs and yet every year, without exception, they change rules which make teams spend even more money

Guy with huge advantage in this set of regs, in part due to his team overspending on the development year, doesn't want another set of regs. More news at 10

They ruined it over a decade ago

It’s been ruined since 2011

Max is absolutely right nothing of the new REGS makes sense its BS!

2018-21 chassis
2014-17 engineering, aero and tech
and 2006-09 engine
That would be perfect for 2026

F1 will officially end in 2025

I am 101% with Ver here

So, 2026 regs almost similar to 2009 regs then 👀

they need to stop replacing men with robots, and making it less and less controlled by the driver. Formula 1 should rely upon driver skill.

Nobody wants to watch the formula march to net zero carbon neutral nonsense... We want lighter cars and V10's... They can be hybrids that's enough of that

As long as you have a dominant car and a chimp as a teammate 😮

Battery technology is not advanced enough for motorsport. In a few years with solid state batteries maybe this can be revisited. These batteries would hopefully be lighter and have more energy density. I do like the idea of less downforce and more reliance on mechanical grip but then you're cornering speeds are lower. F1 really is all about cornering speed.

He’s quite right. Along with making the sport more electronically limited and quieter it seems like a hive step in the wrong direction.

I, for one, am shocked that the 2026 cars won't be electric. Count your blessings with that one. Maybe in 2027, F1 goes electric and dies.

In 2026 they can rename the series for formula SUV

They are just crying because they are behind on development.

didnt actually say it 'will ruin F1' tho did he