In three years’ time, Formula 1 is waiting for a new revolution. Next generation power plants and active aerodynamics will appear in 2026. The details are still being discussed, but the goal is a controlled reduction of the air resistance of vehicles to increase their efficiency.
Nicolas Tombasis, FIA technical director: “We want to achieve lower fuel consumption in every lap by increasing the role of electric motors and reducing the role of the internal combustion engine.
We can’t burn that much fuel every lap. In order for a car to use less fuel, it needs to have less frontal resistance, spend less on overcoming air resistance. At the same time, we don’t want to slow down in corners, so the obvious solution would be to use active aerodynamics, which reduce the drag of cars on straight lines.
We are looking for a solution that is similar to DRS, but that always works. The task is difficult, in fact we are talking about two switchable resistance levels, plus DRS. I think DRS will still exist in 2026.
Active suspension? It might help, but with less effect than active aerodynamics. In addition, active suspension can have its own issues. We want drivers to have a hard time handling the car, we want to keep the challenge and the active suspension allows them to easily change balance.”
Source: F1 News
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