Assembly in Uzbekistan, the World Motor Sport Council has made quite a few choices regarding System 1 together with a much-needed tweak to the Dash.
“For the primary time in 15 years, there was a three-way combat for the championship determined on the remaining race, and what a race it was,” stated President Ben Sulayem in response to Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which noticed three drivers in rivalry till the ultimate race for the primary time since 2010.
“This year-long battle was a becoming finish to the present rules cycle, as we sit up for the numerous adjustments that may are available in 2026,” he added.
“The brand new technical rules we have now mentioned and authorized inside this Council will ship secure, sustainable, and thrilling racing. Thanks to all concerned with this course of that may drive System 1 into a brand new period.”
With the brand new authorized rules, the brand new construction of the 2026 System 1 Laws has lastly been accomplished. The Laws are actually break up in six sections as follows:
Part A: Basic Regulatory ProvisionsSection B: Sporting RegulationsSection C: Technical RegulationsSection D: Monetary Laws (for F1 Groups)Part E: Monetary Laws (for PU Producers)Part F: Operational Laws
The World Council authorized the creation of the brand new ‘Part A’ of the System 1 Laws. This ‘Basic’ part creates consistency between all different sections and to keep away from duplications or contradictions. It adopts a extra rigorous authorized framework, beforehand launched with the Monetary Laws.
Minor updates and refinements to the opposite Sections of the F1 Laws have been authorized by the World Council.
The principle sporting adjustments are:
Dash Qualifying dry tyre limitations will not be eliminated when a interval of Dash Qualifying is asserted moist.
The operational personnel restrict for 2026 will briefly improve to 60, to make sure groups can function the brand new era of vehicles successfully.
Race suspension and resumption procedures have been simplified.
The return to single pre-season take a look at from 2027 onwards has been confirmed.
Out-of-Competitors Tyre Testing automobile specs have been amended as necessitated by the generational automobile change for 2026.
An allowance has been made for FP1 at a Dash occasion to be prolonged following a pink flag, to make sure that rivals are afforded related follow time.
There have been updates to Driver Adjustable Bodywork (SLM / CM) utilization – these amendments have been made to make sure congruity with Technical Laws, in addition to finalise particulars of SLM utilization in a number of eventualities.
The principle technical adjustments are:
Minor adjustments to Article C3 for clarification, together with these associated to deflection checks procedures.
Modifications to the facility unit rules have been made to refine the power administration provisions.
Additionally, value noting, forward of the 2026 season, the FIA introduced a brand new superlicence factors allocation for IndyCar.
Beforehand, the highest ten finishers within the championship have been awarded superlicence factors on a 40-30-20-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 foundation, from subsequent season the allocation is 40-30-25-20-15-10-8-6-3-1, thereby reinforcing the sequence as F1’s second feeder sequence, behind F2 however forward of F3.
