Formula 1’s switch to 10% ethanol ‘E10’ fuel for 2022 presents an added headache for engineers in a year of upheaval in the regulations.
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Articles on rules changes for the 2022 Formula 1 season.
FIA increases minimum weight of new F1 cars for 2022 again
2022 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1’s new cars for 2022 will weigh at least 795 kilograms, the largest year-on-year rise in the minimum weight limit since the V6 hybrid turbo power units were introduced.
F1 set for season-opening sprint race in 2022 with more points on offer
2022 F1 season
Posted onThe 2022 Formula 1 season will open with the first of six sprint events, which are expected to reward more drivers with points.
Q3 rule which gives top teams “even more of an advantage” may be dropped
2021 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 could drop its ‘Q3 tyre rule’, eight years after it was introduced, because it hands an advantage to the quickest cars.
Six sprint qualifying races and testing changes agreed by F1 Commission for 2022
2021 F1 Season
Posted onAn increase in the number of sprint qualifying events and revised testing rules were agreed by the F1 Commission today, RaceFans understands.
Ferrari expect “surprises from midfield teams” under 2022 rules
2021 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari’s racing director Laurent Mekies says F1’s radical rules changes for 2022 have the potential to change the grid order.
2022 F1 car looks ‘cool but retro like a 1990s Indycar’ – Horner
2021 British Grand Prix
Posted onNext year’s Formula 1 cars will look like IndyCar machines from the nineties, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said.
“Very heavily regulated” 2022 F1 cars will differ little from presentation model
2021 British Grand Prix
Posted onTighter technical rules mean teams’ new cars for the 2022 F1 season are expected to closely resemble an example design revealed by the series yesterday.
F1’s heavy cars at odds with sustainability push – Hamilton
2021 F1 Season
Posted onLewis Hamilton has said the 2022 weight increase for Formula One cars seems at odds with sustainability and sporting aims.
Engine freeze agreed unanimously, sprint race plan yet to be finalised
2021 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 has agreed a plan to freeze engine specifications. A proposal to introduce sprint races has not yet been agreed but remains under discussion.
F1 to discuss dropping FIA-specified components from technical rules
2022 F1 season
Posted onThe F1 Commission will discuss whether to scrap rules which allow the FIA to specify the design of certain car parts at its meeting tomorrow.
F1’s ‘aero handicap’ rules will get much tougher in second year
2021 F1 season
Posted onProposed new F1 rules which will set different restrictions on how much aerodynamic development each team can do will become tougher in the year after they are introduced.
F1 budget cap to fall again in 2022 and 2023
2021 F1 season
Posted onA reduction in the Formula 1 budget cap for 2021 will be just the first step in an incremental fall in spending levels over at least the next three seasons.
Pirelli change test plans as 18-inch tyres are delayed to 2022
2022 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli is changing the development plan for its new 18-inch tyres after the sport delayed their introduction by a year.
Unanimous agreement to postpone new F1 cars for 2021 – but not budget cap
2021 F1 season
Posted onThe FIA, Formula 1 and teams have unanimously agreed to delay part of Formula 1’s radical new rules package which was due for introduction next year.