Former team boss criticizes modern F1

Modern Formula 1 cars are arguably the most imposing single-seaters in decades. To find spectacle on the track, the FIA ​​and Liberty Media have rethought the architecture of the cars for the 2022 season. The current cars have reached a maximum weight of 798 kg, compared to 640 kg for the machines of the 2010s. A significant gap of 158 kg, all explained by the introduction of hybrid engines and advanced F1 technology. For 2026, these would be 30 kg lighter with a wingspan of 1900 mm. In an interview with the radio show “Formula for Success”, former team boss Eddie Jordan did not go out of his way to strongly criticize modern single-seaters.

“Shame on the regulations”

“My God, when you were at a race, and let's say it was at Silverstone, even if you weren't on the grid, and you were outside or in the grandstand, and the race started, these V10s… I can promise you, the ground was shaking. It was absolutely moving under your feet, as the power transmitted to the noise, to the sound, to the surface, passed through your body. It was sex on wheels. That’s what racing meant to me and that’s what I loved so much. We're too loose, what's happening right now, whether it's regulations or this and that. Will we ever return to V10s? Probably not. And the second little thing, which is married to that, which makes such a difference, I mean, these cars, and let's be fair to Lewis [Hamilton] and Max [Verstappen] and Lando [Norris] and what they're doing, incredible work with these cars, but they're tractors. They are tractors. They weigh 1000 kilos, they are massively overweight. And as far as I'm concerned, shame on the regulations, shame on the organizers and shame on the people who have Formula 1 buried deep in their soul, because they have allowed this sport, in my opinion, to go to a stage that might never come back from here, and I absolutely hate them for it.”

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