If you thought Formula 1's favourite water cooler topic of energy management had gone away because of the band-aid fixes applied in Miami and the bigger changes agreed for 2027, then think again.
Recent races at circuits where cars were less energy limited had perhaps put vexatious talk of energy management on the backburner. But the iconic Silverstone circuit has been labelled the "biggest test" of this ruleset by Sergio Perez, with Max Verstappen saying he had to laugh while trying the circuit on the simulator with this era of cars, and not out of sheer delight.