The FIA F1 Commission met this week to validate the modifications requested by the teams to the future technical regulations: compromises were made before confirmation.
Formula 1’s planned rules for 2026 originally envisaged a drastic reduction in aerodynamic performance.
However, the teams agreed earlier this month to ease some of the restrictions and Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack says the teams are happy with the changes.
A reasonable compromise
“There are areas where we still have work to do but, overall, we will land on a reasonable compromise, indicates the Luxembourg engineer. A set of regulations is always a compromise. We decided to go in that direction with the powertrain 50/50 with the electric and some of the other points are significant as well in terms of changes.
“We have very ambitious weight targets, we have ambitious aerodynamic targets, he continues.
In the end, we discussed areas where you can be free, areas where you need more freedom and all that.”
A coherent whole
“Little by little, by collaborating, by studying together, we achieve our goals, Krack further specifies.
The FIA has asked the teams to do studies on where we can improve the car or where we need to increase freedom and where we need to remain restrictive.
“We must pay tribute to them, they took it into account,
he emphasizes. I think we are in a much better place than we were in June, which shows that despite all the ambitious deadlines we had, we will manage to create a coherent set of rules. Of course, not everyone will be happy with everything, but I think it will be an acceptable compromise.”
