Teams will have to display the car in its latest specification for F1 show-and-tell sessions as the FIA clamps down on that particular loophole.
In a related move, the FIA has also taken action to ensure fans are kept more informed about developments underneath the skin of the 2023 F1 cars.
Engine manufacturers will now be forced to hold a media presentation – lasting for at least 30 minutes – once per year to discuss their power units.claimed that Mercedes may have “missed a trick” with the developmentTed Kravitz, the Sky Sports F1 reporter, fears the team’s healthy reliability record last year has given them less room for manoeuvre compared to Honda/Red Bull Powertrains, Ferrari and Renault, with F1’s engine freeze only permitting changes for reliability purposes.
“Given the sport’s engine freeze until 2026, there is a theory around the paddock that, because Mercedes were reliable with their power unit last year, they missed a trick in terms of designing it to be powerful but not reliable and then being able to fix the reliability, which was allowed up until September last year,” Kravitz explained.
“Lots of other manufacturers did that. Renault did that, Ferrari did that, Honda did that. It meant that they couldn’t get to the end of the season without using an extra power unit and getting a penalty but they didn’t mind that because they could bring the changes to the engine on reliability but have a secondary benefit of adding a bit more power as well.”
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