Carlos Sainz has delivered a withering assessment of the 2026 Formula 1 cars' performances at the Belgian Grand Prix, questioning how the rules could be accepted as-is from the simulations first produced a few seasons back.
Complaints about the energy management aspect of the current cars have not been in short supply over the season thus far. While the level of dissent had calmed a bit in the wake of the changes made to the deployment rules in Miami, the most recent races at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps have exposed some of the regulations' biggest limitations.
