There's a lot of change coming to F1 this year, and the new fuels might deliver a big impact.

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...

The Friday press conference of Formula 1 team principals in Shanghai produced an interesting exchange on the subject of future engine rules, in the aftermath of the recent meeting in Paris between the manufacturers and the FIA.While maintaining that the turbo hybrid formula retains key attractions for automakers, Renault's Cyril...

Lewis Hamilton believes fans do not care about Formula 1's high-tech power units, with the current engine formula too complicated.F1's new hybrid era, which began in 2014, features power units that comprise six separate elements – internal combustion engine, MGU-H, MGU-K, turbo, energy store and control electronics. Should a driver...

Be careful what you wish for... In theory, the hybrid power units introduced to Formula 1 in 2014 would be the catalyst for returning it to a position of technological relevance it hadn't enjoyed since a brief (then banned...) era of ABS, traction control and active suspension in the early...

The FIA will not introduce more extreme limitations on pits-to-car radio communication during Formula 1 races, contrary to plans announced last year.Last September, a ban on radio communication was announced, which was later reduced so that it applied only to driver coaching. But while there were plans to phase in...

For the 2014 season, Formula One racing undertook the most comprehensive regulation changes seen in the last three decades, with a move to more fuel efficient, hybrid turbocharged power units.With 11 of the year's 19 Grands Prix complete, F1 technical expert Gary Anderson looks back on how these changes have...