How F1 has tried to avoid repeating its 2014 engine rules mistakes
With Formula 1’s future engine regulations now agreed, MARK GALLAGHER wonders if they will provide a more competitive field than past attempts actually managed
The 2026 engine regulations have finally been agreed. They make for interesting reading, both for what they do and do not include.
Gone is the innovative, complex and hugely expensive MGU-H spinning at 125,000rpm, which came into the sport in 2014. A piece of technology which added very little to the show but got some of those sitting around the table in Place de la Concorde terribly excited when they agreed that last set of regulations. It was road-irrelevant, as it turned out.
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