The talk in the F1 paddock is that teams will only receiv🌜e clear information about t﷽he 2026 regulations much later than they hoped.

Martin Brundle shared “concern” by the lack of clarity over the upcoming rule-change📖, while Karun Chandhok shared the worries of♐ technical staff from F1 teams on the  podcast.

The𒅌 main gist of the 2026 c𝄹hange is that cars will become 50% powered by the internal combustion engine and 50% by battery.

Cars will also have moveable aerodynamics but worry has emerged after F1 teams tested it in simulators, but found the൩ir drivers either spinning or unable to turn efficiently,  reported.

Chandhok explained on Sky: “The🅰 regulations haven’🌃t fully been defined yet.

“What we kn🐟🎉ow is the internal combustion engine, the amount of power will be reduced compared to the battery.

“From what we understand, there are still a lot of conversations going on, how they’re going to m𓄧ake it work.

“In order to get the amount of energy that you need to deploy, you need to take a significant amount of drag ou🐬t of the car.

“There are conversations 🌠bet🍒ween the teams, the FIA, Formula 1’s technical department on what the best way is.

“There is a lot of conversation but no definition on what the chassis rules will b🌳e.

“This is the first time I can recall the chassis being dictated by the 🙈engine rules.”

Bru🐈ndle added: “You have to be rea𝕴lly concerned by this.

“We’re 🏅22 months away from these ca✃rs running, and it’s not defined.

“There will be a lot more battery power so the cars will pr🔴obably be heavier and more complex.

“It feelꦑs to me that these regulations should have been cast in stone a year ago.

“Then you’ve got a new team coming in, like Audi. And Red Bull🦩 Powertrains starting up with Ford assistance.

“Th💟ere are a lot of unknown♏s. I hope we’re getting it right.

“I expressed in 🦹commentary recently that hybrid engines are perhaps the worst decision F1 ever made. The cars are so big and so complex.

“But, my goodness, they are fast and impr𝄹essive. We’ve sorted it out now. In the earl🧜y days, it was a pain.

“We don’t want to go through that again.

In 2014, one PU was massively dominant.

“What you see in 2024 will be largely locked in for 2025 because 🦄who has the budget, the resource, to do a lot of work on their 2025 car when it’s such a change for 2026?

“The teams will be getting edgy and angsty about ‘what are 🦄the regulations? We need to put things to bed’.

“Lไuckily with the incredible resource and ingenuity of F1, they will sort it out.”

How lo🧸ng do F1 teams need in advance to prepare effectively for the 2026 rules?

“There is a balance,” Chandhok said. “Give them too muc🅰h time and they simulate everything to death and spend too much money.

“We are at a point where it has to be defined.

“The teams, from what I understand aft🐲er speaking to tಞhe technical people in Jeddah, were hoping for the rules to be locked in 100% by June.

“The feeling in the paddock is that they won’t get that, and that this conversation will rumble on until later this yea꧅r.

“They think that is♛ just too late. Theyඣ would like a solid 18-20 months to the first race, or the first test, with the rules set in stone.

“There will be clarifications bu🅷t you want the bulk of ಞit sorted out.

“They still haven’t got firm clarity.”