Haas Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon thinks the series' overhauled hybrid engines will mean drivers "can forget everything that we've learned since go-karts on how to go fast".
F1 is at the precipice of its biggest rules change in decades with active aerodynamics and a much bigger electric component to its V6 turbo hybrids set to shake up the series. The ruleset has thus far landed mixed reviews from drivers who tried out their new machinery on the simulator, though the first real indication will follow when cars hit the track in anger at Barcelona's shakedown next week, followed by two official tests in Bahrain.
