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Formula 1 stakeholders have agreed to focus on the upcoming 2026 hybrid regulations and their impact while continuing to discuss future engine directions.A meeting between the FIA, F1, the power unit manufacturers and a number of teams was held in Bahrain on Friday morning, being chaired by FIA president Mohammed...

A proposed move to less expensive IndyCar wheels made from aluminum, rather than the lighter and more brittle magnesium that has been popular in the series dating back the CART IndyCar Series, will not take place until at least 2027.According to the decision passed down in the final pre-season team...

A paddock full of exhausted mechanics just might kiss IndyCar competition president Jay Frye if he pushes through his plan to reduce in-season testing next year. The grueling pace of testing has kept road-weary teams in constant motion between races, and the cost of testing playing a role in escalating...

Formula 1's engine manufacturers have been given "homework" following a recent meeting to discuss problems with the current power units, according to Honda motorsport chief Yasuhisa Arai.Towards the end of November the F1 Commission voted not to pursue the idea of an alternative budget engine, with the aim instead of...

The World Motor Sport Council has given FIA president Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone the power to make recommendations and decisions on key issues regarding Formula 1's future.F1's governance has been under the spotlight recently, with the current structure – including the effectiveness of the Strategy Group – being blamed...

Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene believes Formula 1 needs to become "a bit more affordable" to safeguard its future, but thinks any proposals for standardised cars are too extreme.The cost of competing in Formula 1 has been high on the agenda after Caterham and Marussia went into administration toward the...

Formula 1's smaller outfits are hopeful that progress on much-needed cost cuts will happen before the start of the 2015 season.Despite a big effort by Force India, Sauber and Lotus to get change pushed through last year, their efforts failed to pay off as bigger teams and F1's commercial bosses...

Formula 1 teams need to wake up and start working together to address much-needed cost cuts if the sport is to survive, reckons Caterham owner Tony Fernandes.Speaking in Singapore at the launch of his road car company's new AeroSeven Concept, Fernandes was outspoken at the way teams had failed to...