Former Formulation 1 driver David Coulthard blames the FIA for the poor state of the sequence’ 2026 rules.
The championship revised its guidelines simply 4 races into the brand new season after discovering important shortcomings which left the automobiles critically starved of vitality on some tracks. This was evident from the primary race of the season in Melbourne the place automobiles slowed down considerably approaching quick corners as a result of they may not get well sufficient vitality to maintain their batteries sufficiently charged.
Some figures in F1 had warned about this downside years earlier than the brand new guidelines had been launched. Coulthard mentioned the FIA ought to take duty for failing to take heed to them.
“The brand new regs got here at us with drivers and engineers going, ‘this isn’t going to be good’, and just about silence from everybody else,” Coulthard informed As much as Pace. “We get to Melbourne and we go, ‘ah, they’ve deceleration as they go in the direction of sure corners’.”
Coulthard believes the FIA ought to have anticipated the shortcomings within the new guidelines.
“I really feel that we noticed this coming and no one actually was listening,” he mentioned. “And the actual fact they needed to react to the truth in a sport that simulates the hell out of the longer term was a bit disappointing and that has to fall actually with FIA.
“I do know they’ll get delicate and go ‘properly we’re a small group of individuals and the Formulation 1 groups have tons of of individuals’ however the entire proof was there that having 50-50 on electrical and battery was going to be difficult.”
He mentioned the sequence reacted properly to the issue by introducing modifications after the Miami Grand Prix. F1 may also make additional modifications to its rules over the subsequent two seasons in an try to enhance the automobiles’ efficiency.
“What are we doing going ahead? We’re going to have extra inside combustion subsequent yr and it’s advised much more the yr after. So to see the apparent, after which react, is a bit disappointing.”
He likened the brand new guidelines to “the halftime present on the [football] World Cup – it was a little bit of a disappointment.”
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