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Red Bull wants F1 rule changes to focus on 2027 ‘while there’s time’
Red Bull believes that Formula 1 qualifying should be “properly” fixed for 2027.
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has suggested the Formula 1 Commission should focus on ‘solving qualifying properly for 2027’.
The new era of F1 has come under heavy criticism from drivers and fans, for the yoyo “Mario Kart” racing, and an over-reliance on battery deployment to compete.
However, it is qualifying that has drawn the most ire, with drivers forced to lift and coast on their hot laps, and super clipping while losing significant speed towards the end of long on-throttle sections of track.
The F1 Commission will meet on 9 April to discuss learnings from the opening three rounds of the season, with the qualifying spectacle on the plan, as well the huge closing speeds caused by harvesting, which were highlighted by Ollie Bearman’s crash in Japan.
“There is one thing that we all agree, I think, all teams and the sport – FIA, F1 and the drivers – is that I think we all would like to see qualifying be a flat-out qualifying, or as close as possible to flat-out qualifying,” said Mekies. That is the first thing we are as a sport, trying to focus on.
“What will happen then is that once you improve, or once you get to an extent that you have flat-out qualifying, you automatically have a race with potentially a bit less gaming.
“The level of gaming in the race, you can probably address, and there are very different opinions up and down the pit lane on that level, and I think the most important thing is that we get closer to flat-out qualifying, and that is what we are trying to achieve as a sport at the minute.”
The FIA made last minute tweaks to qualifying at Suzuka, reducing the amount of harvesting a driver could achieve across a single lap.
While further changes could be made for the Miami Grand Prix at the start of May, Mekies believes that the big picture should be kept in mind, with any more significant changes being slated for 2027, giving teams time to adapt their next cars to manage the altered demands.
“Personally, I think the focus should be on how to solve it properly for ‘27, because we still have time to do enough if we want to address that and have flat-out qualifying for ’27,” he added.
“Then, I’m sure there will be a number of more things we can do in ‘27.”
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Red Bull believes that Formula 1 qualifying should be “properly” fixed for 2027.
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has suggested the Formula 1 Commission should focus on ‘solving qualifying properly for 2027’.
The new era of F1 has come under heavy criticism from drivers and fans, for the yoyo “Mario Kart” racing, and an over-reliance on battery deployment to compete.
However, it is qualifying that has drawn the most ire, with drivers forced to lift and coast on their hot laps, and super clipping while losing significant speed towards the end of long on-throttle sections of track.
The F1 Commission will meet on 9 April to discuss learnings from the opening three rounds of the season, with the qualifying spectacle on the plan, as well the huge closing speeds caused by harvesting, which were highlighted by Ollie Bearman’s crash in Japan.
“There is one thing that we all agree, I think, all teams and the sport – FIA, F1 and the drivers – is that I think we all would like to see qualifying be a flat-out qualifying, or as close as possible to flat-out qualifying,” said Mekies. That is the first thing we are as a sport, trying to focus on.
“What will happen then is that once you improve, or once you get to an extent that you have flat-out qualifying, you automatically have a race with potentially a bit less gaming.
“The level of gaming in the race, you can probably address, and there are very different opinions up and down the pit lane on that level, and I think the most important thing is that we get closer to flat-out qualifying, and that is what we are trying to achieve as a sport at the minute.”
The FIA made last minute tweaks to qualifying at Suzuka, reducing the amount of harvesting a driver could achieve across a single lap.
While further changes could be made for the Miami Grand Prix at the start of May, Mekies believes that the big picture should be kept in mind, with any more significant changes being slated for 2027, giving teams time to adapt their next cars to manage the altered demands.
“Personally, I think the focus should be on how to solve it properly for ‘27, because we still have time to do enough if we want to address that and have flat-out qualifying for ’27,” he added.
“Then, I’m sure there will be a number of more things we can do in ‘27.”
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has suggested the Formula 1 Commission should focus on ‘solving qualifying properly for 2027’.
The new era of F1 has come under heavy criticism from drivers and fans, for the yoyo “Mario Kart” racing, and an over-reliance on battery deployment to compete.
However, it is qualifying that has drawn the most ire, with drivers forced to lift and coast on their hot laps, and super clipping while losing significant speed towards the end of long on-throttle sections of track.
The F1 Commission will meet on 9 April to discuss learnings from the opening three rounds of the season, with the qualifying spectacle on the plan, as well the huge closing speeds caused by harvesting, which were highlighted by Ollie Bearman’s crash in Japan.
“There is one thing that we all agree, I think, all teams and the sport – FIA, F1 and the drivers – is that I think we all would like to see qualifying be a flat-out qualifying, or as close as possible to flat-out qualifying,” said Mekies. That is the first thing we are as a sport, trying to focus on.
“What will happen then is that once you improve, or once you get to an extent that you have flat-out qualifying, you automatically have a race with potentially a bit less gaming.
“The level of gaming in the race, you can probably address, and there are very different opinions up and down the pit lane on that level, and I think the most important thing is that we get closer to flat-out qualifying, and that is what we are trying to achieve as a sport at the minute.”
The FIA made last minute tweaks to qualifying at Suzuka, reducing the amount of harvesting a driver could achieve across a single lap.
While further changes could be made for the Miami Grand Prix at the start of May, Mekies believes that the big picture should be kept in mind, with any more significant changes being slated for 2027, giving teams time to adapt their next cars to manage the altered demands.
“Personally, I think the focus should be on how to solve it properly for ‘27, because we still have time to do enough if we want to address that and have flat-out qualifying for ’27,” he added.
“Then, I’m sure there will be a number of more things we can do in ‘27.”
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