Domenicali responds to critics: “I understand the ‘purists’, but it’s childish to talk about conspiracies. Rules? I didn’t write them…”

Interview with Leo Turrini The remote back and forth between Stefano Domenicali, CEO of F1, and the Circus critics who accuse him and Liberty Media of having distorted and ruined the sport and who contest the current technical regulations of Formula 1, has not yet ended. The last word, for the moment, belonged to Domenicali. The top official of F1 spoke on QN to the microphones of the journalist Leo Turrini, his friend for years, returning to the sender the complaints about this new era of the Circus and also about the current technical regulations. “I am one of them – Domenicali told Turrini, addressing the ‘old school’ fans of F1 – even generationally I am a boomer and imagine if I don’t understand the requests and complaints of those who rightly like to define themselves as ‘purists’. After that, the world changes and things evolve. Not automatically in a better way, sometimes corrections are necessary to say that modern F1 is all rubbish, well, no. Whoever decides the regulations Domenicali then, on the now hotly debated issue of the new technical regulations, was keen to point out that it was not decided by F1, placing part of the responsibility on the FIA and the teams: “Here there is no question of the fact that with the new regulations the way of driving the single-seaters has changed. It’s true – confirmed Domenicali – but it has also happened in the past and will happen again. Obviously I didn’t write these regulations, Liberty Media didn’t impose them. It was agreed between the international federation and Builders, a few years ago now. It is childish to pass it all off as the result of a gigantic conspiracy. For what? “I said that things change and in the present Formula 1 has never been so popular – commented Domenicali – it has never had such an important following among young people and women. It certainly doesn’t depend on the new technical regulations, because this trend had already consolidated with the old rules, when Verstappen’s Red Bull dominated. I think a balance in the judgments is needed: in Miami we saw a spectacular weekend”. Click here to add Formula Passion as your favorite source on Google Discover: you will find our content more easily!

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News , 2026-05-13 00:53:54