🗣️'I would definitely get rid of the hybrid.' Verstappen outlines what the 2026 F1 regulations would look like if he was calling the shots ⬇️
The two-time world champion has been left far from impressed about his first experience of the future engine and car rules during trials on the Red Bull simulator.
And he reckoned that a return to full reliance on a combustion engine, plus lighter cars and smaller wheels, would be a massive step forward in his opinion. "It's so smooth the whole delivery process: the downshift, and the upshifts. It's so much more natural to what we have." "Also, I think the tyres, these big tyres, you don't really see a lot when you go into corners in terms of hitting an apex. So, I prefer the smaller tyres. It was a lot more fun."
"Again, with these new cars in 26, they look like they have a lot less drag. So, it will be even harder to pass as well."Verstappen has offered some more insight into the 'weird' way that the F1 2026 cars will need to be driven, after finding out on the simulator about the requirement to change down gears on the straight.
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