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Key Concerns and Feedback:
"Super Clipping" & Energy Management: Drivers are struggling with power depletion on straights, forcing them to lift and coast early, which fans find frustrating.
Reduced Power: The 2026 engines are less powerful than previous iterations and, in some scenarios, less powerful than Formula 2 engines.
Complex & Unreliable Starts: The removal of the MGH (generator) means the turbo takes longer to spool, causing sluggish, up-to-10-second delays in acceleration during race starts.
"Anti-Racing" Sentiments: Top drivers like Max Verstappen and Lando Norris have criticized the engines for prioritizing battery management over outright speed.

Max Verstappen has once more expressed his discontent with the new Formula One regulations. Amid a clamour of unhappiness from many drivers, the four-time champion also reiterated his warning that he would leave the sport if he ceased to enjoy it, which is clearly the case at the moment.

A drivers’ meeting to discuss the new regulations, originally planned for after the Japanese Grand Prix at the end of the month, has now been brought forward to take place after this weekend’s race, the Guardian understands.

The energy management is required by drivers because the new engines have an almost 50-50 split in power delivered by internal combustion and electrical energy. Maintaining and deploying the electrical energy requires techniques preventing drivers from attacking flat-out, slowing to harvest power and cornering at the optimum speed for recharging rather than on the limit of what might be possible according to grip and conditions. All of which Verstappen had previously derided as “anti-racing”.