Formula 1's governing body the FIA will experiment with tweaked start procedure timings at Bahrain's second pre-season test amid safety concerns.
F1's 2026 rules have placed a much bigger emphasis on electric energy regenerated under braking, while doing away with the MGU-H system used between 2014 and 2025. The removal of that system means drivers are now having to rev up the V6 combustion engine for around 10 seconds to spool up their turbochargers at the start of the race, leading to experiments with laborious procedures to make a clean getaway from the grid.
