F1: Ben Sulayem dreams of the return of the V10
While the category works for the new motor regulations that will enter into force in 2026, the president of the FIA looks beyond and raises the possibility of returning the long -awaited roar.
Many fans of Formula 1 are still embezious with the category. The Drive To Survive series gave him a big impulse and new adherents arrived to live every Grand Prix. But, Beyond the good health that the World Cup enjoys, many miss the roar of the engines, that sound that bristled the skin when they accelerated in any circuit in the world. The technology and the new paths taken by the automotive industry led to the highest category to take a different path and the hybrid drivers arrived, with an internal combustion component and another electric. That jump was implemented in 2014 with the V6 Turbo, the modification was abrupt: from the bellowing it went to a buzz.
Regulation 2026 will arrive with a new change in engines. Electricity will be more important (half of the total power will come from there), the MGU-H will be eliminated to lower the preserves and facilitate the arrival of new manufacturers (Audi and Ford will be added, In an association with Red Bull) and the combustion propeller will drop from 700 to 500 hp. That is already written and closed. However, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of the International Automobile Federation, already thinks about the future after that regulation that will begin in the next season. The Emiratí thinks of returning to the V10.
“While we expect with interest the introduction of the chassis regulation and power units of 2026, we also need to lead future technological trends in motoring. We should contemplate a whole series of addresses, including the roar of a V10 that works with sustainable fuel, “said Sulayem. The 2005 World Cup (won by Fernando Alonso) was the last one in which this type of engines was used. In 2006 he went to the V8, which left their place to the V6 in 2014.
Using sustainable fuels is key to FIA, Entity that aims to be neutral in carbon by 2030. The other aspect that seems unnegotiable for the entity is not to shoot the costs to maintain that annual budget stop that also seduces new equipment. “Whatever the address we choose, we must help the teams and manufacturers to control their expenses. The satisfaction of our members and fans will always be in the center of everything we do, along with an important job to make this sport this sport safer and sustainable in the coming decades, so that future generations can enjoy F1 “. Will noise return to F1?
