Engine regulations, possible changes in three or more phases up to Barcelona: the plan

The changes to the technical regulations may not all debut together in Miami. This was anticipated by Alan Permane, Team Principal of the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, who revealed that the corrective measures could be implemented in several phases over the next few weeks. The intention to spread the changes over several Grands Prix comes from the desire to verify every possible impact, in particular on driving, overtaking and reliability. Changes in stages Permane spoke on the eve of the second scheduled meeting between the FIA and the teams: “There will be another meeting tomorrow. There was one last week and there will be another one next week, where we will decide which package of changes to implement in Miami or elsewhere. There are two areas of attention. The first is to make qualifying a little more focused on the driver and less on the power unit. The second objective concerns safety after the accident between Bearman and Colapinto, to try to reduce the speed differences between the machines”. Nikolas Tombazis said that the changes to the regulations could debut in two phases, but Permane goes even further: “I think they can materialize into much more. There are many things and many proposals have been made. In Miami we will have a particularly difficult situation, because there will be the Sprint and we will have very little time to test something. It could be that there we will try some simpler and less risky things and then we will try others in Canada. Then there will be Monaco, where it is almost impossible to test something, which is why Barcelona could be the first time where we will try some of the more challenging things.” The Team Principal continues: “I wouldn’t say there will necessarily be two updates. Rather, we should keep an open mind, maybe it will be a continuous work, I don’t know. It will be guided by the FIA ​​and Formula 1, but I think we shouldn’t set limits.” Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images The process The timing will also depend on the approval of the proposals by the working group for the power units, with the exception of those relating to safety. Permane concludes: “All these changes will have to be approved by the Power Unit Working Group. Everything will have to follow the governance procedures, unless it concerns safety. I think the FIA ​​is quite firm on this, because they don’t want [l’incidente di Bearman] repeat. Everything else, however, will have to go through the Power Unit Working Group.”