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The 2026 cars have to use 30 kgs of fuel only to generate electric power, according to the latest calculations. Wheelbase set to be shortened by 30 cm, new gearbox with only 6 instead of 8 gears. More about the 2026 regs in our AMuS story (in German): https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/f1-reglement-2026-details-motor-technik-radstand-getriebe/
Being nearly a foot shorter is a huge step in the right direction.
It being roughly a foot shorter isnโt a massive size difference on these boats I feel. Gearbox changes are interesting, I wonder if that will reduce speed in long straights like Mexico or if it will result in slower acceleration in gears 3/4. I donโt know enough about motive force generation to even weigh an opinion on the fuel comment
Iโll let the engineers set the rules though and see how the racing goes, itโs too early and my brain is barely functioning after dealing with on-call causing me to have 3 hours of sleep in the last 48 hoursโฆ
I guess the move to 6-speed comes from the extra torque the electric motors provide making 8 a bit unnecessary.
30cm shorter wheelbase is roughly a 10% decrease I think. It would be good if weight comes down quite a bit too.
8.3% to be precise. Much better than nothing, but I'd like to see a more significant jump if possible. Even with this decrease it will still be 30cm longer than the 2000 cars.
Does that even bring them back to the pre-Hybrid V6 era?
I donโt believe so
Is the ground clearance on that car particularly low?
It's a stock photo that isn't representative.
There are some teams that are still taking notes