A key meeting will be held on April 9
As we have already underlined today Thursday 9 April an important meeting is scheduled in London to establish if and what changes foresee in the short and long term the 2026 F1 regulations (even if not especially with a view to 2027).
A few days ago we reported the hypothesis of being able to change the face of the depressing ‘electric’ qualifications through the injection of more petrol simply increasing the flow of fuel as regards the combustion engine, thus obtaining more power. However, this solution does not seem to be viable in the short term because it could cause reliability problems, but it could be one of the ways to go starting from 2027.
So what can be done immediately to ensure that qualifications are not a slow agony in the name of energy management? As reported by the newspaper The-Race.com the possibility is being explored leave the pilots free to operate the active aerodynamics in qualifying without having to respect the areas in which the opening of the front and rear wings is planned to reduce resistance to progress.
With less drag, always opening the wings, the acceleration of the cars would benefit as well as the battery which could be saved, perhaps being sufficient to complete an entire lap without encountering clipping. This scenario would also open up different tactics between teams regarding the type of high- and low-load wings, currently the drag reduction by opening the wings ranges from 25 to 40% based on the circuit and consequently on the aerodynamic set-up adopted.
