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Sims show problems with F1’s plan for moveable wings in 2026

Under a cloudscape sky, and in front of trees of the Ardennes Forest, a Red Bull Racing RB10 racing car driven at speed by either German Sebastian Vettel or Australian driver Mark Webber through the Eau Rouge corner and towards the Raidillon corner following other cars while being watched by a crowd of people sitting in the grandstand during the race at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on the 24th August 2014. (Photo by Darren Heath/Getty Images)

Enlarge / F1 has a few more months before it has to finalize the technical regulations for 2026. (credit: Darren Heath/Getty Images)

F1 is set to undergo another of its periodic technical rule changes in 2026, undertaken every few years in an effort to keep the racing safe and at least somewhat relevant. The sport is adopting carbon-neutral synthetic fuels and switching to a simplified, if far more powerful, hybrid system, powering cars with much less drag. But early simulation tests have been alarming, with cars that were at times “undriveable,” according to a report in Motorsport.

The FIA, which is in charge of F1’s rules and regulations, wants cars that can race each other closely and entertain an audience, so expect the 2026 cars to generate less aerodynamic downforce, since that is often conducive to processional racing.

Reducing drag is a bigger priority to the FIA, especially since the new hybrid system, which still regenerates energy under braking but no longer also from the engine’s turbocharger, won’t have the energy sufficient to aid the car’s combustion engine throughout the entire lap.

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