A meeting between the FIA and team principals is scheduled for today to likely make changes to the 2026 F1 regulations
Formula 1 is about to return. The long month-long break from racing for the circus (which will return to Miami in just under two weeks) has been extremely important to reflect on the effect of the new technical directives adopted this season.
The new regulations are still causing a lot of debate and are, and will be, the subject of discussion for months. Therefore, the first relevant step is certainly today: in fact, a summit between FOM, the FIA, and the team principals of the eleven cars on track is scheduled for today, focused exactly on the technical regulations.
Will things change or will we continue down the path set from Melbourne onwards? Today will give us a first answer.
The GPDA’s stance and the criticism of recent weeks
Oliver Bearman’s nasty crash in Japan, lift-and-coast, and the sudden drop in battery power of the single-seaters are just some of the points presented to the FIA in recent days by the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers’ Association).
The GPDA, headed by Alexander Wurz, George Russell, and Carlos Sainz, recently expressed itself precisely through the Mercedes driver: “There are aspects we want to improve: a ‘flat out’ qualifying, at the maximum, without lift-and-coast“.
“There was a very positive conversation with the FIA and we are all aligned on what we are trying to achieve. I hope to see the fruits of this work as early as Miami “.
Russell’s frustration is not an isolated case: just consider Verstappen’s vitriolic statements, Sainz’s sharp criticisms, and the great bitterness of the majority of fans to understand that something necessarily needs to change. And today’s meeting will tell us when, and above all, if.
