In Bahrain, many in the Formula 1 paddock were focused on a high-level meeting about the future engine formula and the 2026 regulations. The meeting was held after a media session with Nikolas Tombazis in China, in which the director of the FIA's single-seater commission raised two major questions.
First of all, what does F1’s long-term engine formula look like? If the answer is a V10 with sustainable fuels in 2031, or even before that, then the second question is: what should happen before then? The FIA put two options on the table during that media session: shorten the cycle of the 2026 regulations, or scrap those rules.
