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According to Autoracer, the FIA is preparing to approve a major\u2014possibly decisive\u2014regulatory change for the 2026 season, <\/strong>a move that is bound to spark controversy, particularly within Mercedes and its customer teams.<\/p>\n\n With less than a month to go before the season opener in Melbourne, the FIA is reportedly ready to revise its regulations governing the cars that have just taken to the track for pre-season testing.<\/p>\n\n Following the significant and growing complaints raised by Ferrari, Audi, Red Bull and, most recently, Aston Martin, t<\/a>he sport\u2019s governing body is said to have decided to reformulate the technical regulations for power unit manufacturers. <\/p>\n\n Specifically, the changes would aim to clarify the methods and procedures used to inspect <\/strong>and monitor the power units supplied to teams. The equation is straightforward: more controls, greater clarity, and fewer opportunities to exploit grey areas in the regulations. As a result, the rulebook will be rewritten,<\/strong> directly impacting those who appeared to hold a significant\u2014albeit potentially illusory\u2014advantage. <\/p>\n\n Now the focus shifts to Mercedes and its customer teams (McLaren, Williams and Alpine): how will they respond to the FIA\u2019s actions?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Photos: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The FIA appears to have finally taken a decision on the Mercedes engine case: here are all the details The second day of testing in Bahrain, at the Sakhir circuit, is shaping up to be more important than ever. While on-track activity is, as always, essential to understanding the performance of this season\u2019s cars, it … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":121259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[389],"tags":[2272],"piloti":[2041,2005],"class_list":["post-121260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1-en","tag-mercedes-en","piloti-andrea-kimi-antonelli-en","piloti-george-russell-en"],"acf":{"live":false},"fimg_url":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/M563459-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121260"},{"taxonomy":"piloti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpkingdom.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/piloti?post=121260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A new regulation less than a month before Australia<\/h2>\n\n
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