Formula 1 teams and the FIA have committed to making necessary changes to address concerns about the 2026 rules following a first technical meeting on Thursday to discuss potential tweaks.
Amid a consensus in the paddock that improvements can be made to the current F1 regulations to resolve some concerns about safety and the qualifying spectacle in particular, a first gathering of technical experts took place on April 9 to run through ideas.
A statement issued by the FIA afterwards made clear that the focus of debate was not about changes to improve the racing, but more about the energy starvation problems that have triggered wider issues.
While there is a sense that opinions may not necessarily be aligned in terms of what needs to change and how it should be changed, there does appear to be consensus that some form of action needs to be taken.
The FIA said: “It was generally agreed that although the events to date have provided exciting racing, there was a commitment to making tweaks to some aspects of the regulations in the area of energy management.
“There was constructive dialogue on difficult topics especially when considering the competitive nature of the stakeholders.”
The meeting on Thursday is the first in a series of get togethers that are planned over the next few weeks to try to get rule tweaks in place for the Miami Grand Prix.
The FIA has laid out the framework for the process that will now take place before the next race.
A sporting regulations meeting is scheduled for April 15 to discuss any elements that are linked to that section of the rule book that would need to be altered to accommodate revised technical modifications.
Then a further session of technical experts has been lined up for the following day, April 16, to follow up discussions from today's initial meeting as well as air any fresh topics that come up as a consequence of further evaluation.
After that, team bosses will meet with senior figures from F1 and the FIA on April 20 to evaluate any agreed proposals with a view to getting them voted through the F1 Commission.
Any changes agreed at that meeting will then need to go through the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council for final ratification before Miami.
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