{"id":1899642,"date":"2026-04-22T18:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1899642"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:11:51","slug":"the-first-driver-verdict-on-f1s-attempts-to-fix-2026-rule-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1899642","title":{"rendered":"The first driver verdict on F1\u2019s attempts to fix 2026 rule problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>The first driver verdict on F1\u2019s attempts to fix 2026 rule problems<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Oscar Piastri shares his thoughts on F1&#8217;s refinements to its controversial 2026 engine regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Adam Cooper <\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-04-22T19:11:51+01:00\">22 Apr 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Piastri has backed F1&#8217;s 2026 rule tweaks<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source-cta\">  Add as a preferred source <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Oscar Piastri believes that the changes to the Formula 1 power unit regulations to be introduced at the Miami Grand Prix are going \u201cin the right direction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Australian cautioned that there could still be \u201csome quirks\u201d and \u201cunexpected\u201d situations of the type that have caught drivers out in the early races.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday the FIA announced a raft of changes after a meeting of F1 stakeholders, aimed primarily at improving qualifying and addressing the safety issues related to closing speeds.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers had input into the changes through contact between the GPDA and the governing body, which allowed them a chance to express their reservations as a group.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at McLaren\u2019s Woking base on Wednesday, Piastri backed the changes, while acknowledging that he will have a better idea after sampling them in the factory sim on Thursday.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere should be less super clipping, with reducing the harvest limit,\u201d he told media including <em>Crash.net<\/em>. \u201cThere definitely should be less in qualifying, and with the power of the super clip being increased, the time period will be less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still need to go through all the details of all the rules, because I need someone smarter than me to explain what\u2019s actually changed!<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-43adc0f50da477537567ee8345a4275a6a21e4dbdc61de84994040734cc859ca\">  McLaren tease \u201centirely new MCL40\u201d car for North American F1 races   Norris reveals what would &#8216;mean more than winning an F1 championship&#8217; <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut I think it\u2019s a step in the right direction, for sure. The changes to the boost button, I think there will still be some quirks and situations that are a bit unexpected, but it\u2019s generally in the right direction. The harvest limit becoming a bit lower, and having more flexibility, is in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piastri stressed that Miami won\u2019t necessarily provide the full picture as different issues have cropped up at the venues sampled thus far in testing and races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it will have to wait and see across a few different tracks,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd this is part of the regulation. We went to China, and we didn\u2019t really have that many of these problems. We had some different problems which I think should be fixed, or as in I think will be fixed by these tweaks.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-e1229e2e74d8a46d90f974f55196484b3e996b1d1cd17ed7e91bcf5e2fce41f1\">  Norris reveals chats with golf superstar helped him conquer F1 demons   Norris honoured with prestigious sports award on star-studded night <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut then you go to somewhere like Australia or Japan, and we have a completely different set of problems. So it will still chop and change a bit from circuit to circuit. But I think on the whole it is in the right direction. How far it goes in addressing the problems we&#8217;ll have to wait and see until we get on track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying has been one of the main sources of frustration up to now, with drivers not always able to be on the limit, and small mistakes sometimes generating a heavy penalty later in the lap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know for sure, but I think some of the tweaks have hopefully removed some of those problems,\u201d said Piastri. \u201cI think every qualifying session so far, one of us has made a mistake somewhere, and actually it\u2019s helped us rather than hurt us, which is not how it should be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m pretty sure that these tweaks that they\u2019ve just introduced will maybe not fully solve it but certainly go a ways to solving it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He cited Japan as an example of how the 2026 cars have to be driven: \u201cYou still have to drive the car on the limit, but just on the limit within a lot more kind of restrictions. At Suzuka we decided, and I think a lot of teams, decided, that the fastest way around the lap was to not get back on the throttle between the two Degners.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut actually, what it meant was you had to be probably even braver than normal on the way into the Degner, because you knew if you didn\u2019t go hard enough into the corner, if you got back on the throttle afterwards, it was going to be a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd obviously we shouldn\u2019t be having that debate in the first place, but ironically, it makes some places braver than they used to be before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo hopefully with these tweaks, it\u2019s a little bit more back to normal, and you\u2019re not so restricted in the way you have to try and find lap time.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info--2\">\n<p>Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal--2\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>In this article<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">F1<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">McLaren<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Oscar Piastri<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-next-prev\">\n<div class=\"next-prev-pager contextual-region\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item prev\">\n<h3>  Previous<\/h3>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\"> McLaren tease \u201centirely new MCL40\u201d car for North American F1 races<\/div>\n<source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/2268730713.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/2268730713.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/2268730713.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/2268730713.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/2268730713.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/2268730713.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/2268730713.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/2268730713.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/2268730713.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-block block block-configurable-views-block\">\n<div class=\"author-view grid-view js-view-dom-id-d5466d54c5f191fd75f8b552ace0185c910d83b7f0574e1332d706e910a5fbb0\">\n<div class=\"card user default\">\n<div class=\"image\"> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/ac-2.jpg?height=270&amp;format=webp 270w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/ac-2.jpg?height=180&amp;format=webp 180w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/ac-2.jpg?height=90&amp;format=webp 90w\" sizes=\"100px\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"header\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"name\">Adam Cooper<\/div>\n<div class=\"role\">F1 Journalist<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>Adam Cooper attended his first F1 race at Brands Hatch as a 10-year-old fan in 1976. 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interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Oscar Piastri shares his thoughts on F1&#8217;s refinements to its controversial 2026 engine regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Oscar Piastri believes that the changes to the Formula 1 power unit regulations to be introduced at the Miami Grand Prix are going \u201cin the right direction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Australian cautioned that there could still be \u201csome quirks\u201d and \u201cunexpected\u201d situations of the type that have caught drivers out in the early races.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday the FIA announced a raft of changes after a meeting of F1 stakeholders, aimed primarily at improving qualifying and addressing the safety issues related to closing speeds.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers had input into the changes through contact between the GPDA and the governing body, which allowed them a chance to express their reservations as a group.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at McLaren\u2019s Woking base on Wednesday, Piastri backed the changes, while acknowledging that he will have a better idea after sampling them in the factory sim on Thursday.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere should be less super clipping, with reducing the harvest limit,\u201d he told media including <em>Crash.net<\/em>. \u201cThere definitely should be less in qualifying, and with the power of the super clip being increased, the time period will be less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still need to go through all the details of all the rules, because I need someone smarter than me to explain what\u2019s actually changed!<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-43adc0f50da477537567ee8345a4275a6a21e4dbdc61de84994040734cc859ca\">  McLaren tease \u201centirely new MCL40\u201d car for North American F1 races   Norris reveals what would &#8216;mean more than winning an F1 championship&#8217; <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut I think it\u2019s a step in the right direction, for sure. The changes to the boost button, I think there will still be some quirks and situations that are a bit unexpected, but it\u2019s generally in the right direction. The harvest limit becoming a bit lower, and having more flexibility, is in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piastri stressed that Miami won\u2019t necessarily provide the full picture as different issues have cropped up at the venues sampled thus far in testing and races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it will have to wait and see across a few different tracks,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd this is part of the regulation. We went to China, and we didn\u2019t really have that many of these problems. We had some different problems which I think should be fixed, or as in I think will be fixed by these tweaks.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-e1229e2e74d8a46d90f974f55196484b3e996b1d1cd17ed7e91bcf5e2fce41f1\">  Norris reveals chats with golf superstar helped him conquer F1 demons   Norris honoured with prestigious sports award on star-studded night <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut then you go to somewhere like Australia or Japan, and we have a completely different set of problems. So it will still chop and change a bit from circuit to circuit. But I think on the whole it is in the right direction. How far it goes in addressing the problems we&#8217;ll have to wait and see until we get on track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying has been one of the main sources of frustration up to now, with drivers not always able to be on the limit, and small mistakes sometimes generating a heavy penalty later in the lap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know for sure, but I think some of the tweaks have hopefully removed some of those problems,\u201d said Piastri. \u201cI think every qualifying session so far, one of us has made a mistake somewhere, and actually it\u2019s helped us rather than hurt us, which is not how it should be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m pretty sure that these tweaks that they\u2019ve just introduced will maybe not fully solve it but certainly go a ways to solving it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He cited Japan as an example of how the 2026 cars have to be driven: \u201cYou still have to drive the car on the limit, but just on the limit within a lot more kind of restrictions. At Suzuka we decided, and I think a lot of teams, decided, that the fastest way around the lap was to not get back on the throttle between the two Degners.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut actually, what it meant was you had to be probably even braver than normal on the way into the Degner, because you knew if you didn\u2019t go hard enough into the corner, if you got back on the throttle afterwards, it was going to be a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd obviously we shouldn\u2019t be having that debate in the first place, but ironically, it makes some places braver than they used to be before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo hopefully with these tweaks, it\u2019s a little bit more back to normal, and you\u2019re not so restricted in the way you have to try and find lap time.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info--2\">\n<p>Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal--2\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Oscar Piastri believes that the changes to the Formula 1 power unit regulations to be introduced at the Miami Grand Prix are going \u201cin the right direction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Australian cautioned that there could still be \u201csome quirks\u201d and \u201cunexpected\u201d situations of the type that have caught drivers out in the early races.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday the FIA announced a raft of changes after a meeting of F1 stakeholders, aimed primarily at improving qualifying and addressing the safety issues related to closing speeds.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers had input into the changes through contact between the GPDA and the governing body, which allowed them a chance to express their reservations as a group.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at McLaren\u2019s Woking base on Wednesday, Piastri backed the changes, while acknowledging that he will have a better idea after sampling them in the factory sim on Thursday.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere should be less super clipping, with reducing the harvest limit,\u201d he told media including <em>Crash.net<\/em>. \u201cThere definitely should be less in qualifying, and with the power of the super clip being increased, the time period will be less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still need to go through all the details of all the rules, because I need someone smarter than me to explain what\u2019s actually changed!<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-43adc0f50da477537567ee8345a4275a6a21e4dbdc61de84994040734cc859ca\">  McLaren tease \u201centirely new MCL40\u201d car for North American F1 races   Norris reveals what would &#8216;mean more than winning an F1 championship&#8217; <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut I think it\u2019s a step in the right direction, for sure. The changes to the boost button, I think there will still be some quirks and situations that are a bit unexpected, but it\u2019s generally in the right direction. The harvest limit becoming a bit lower, and having more flexibility, is in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piastri stressed that Miami won\u2019t necessarily provide the full picture as different issues have cropped up at the venues sampled thus far in testing and races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it will have to wait and see across a few different tracks,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd this is part of the regulation. We went to China, and we didn\u2019t really have that many of these problems. We had some different problems which I think should be fixed, or as in I think will be fixed by these tweaks.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-e1229e2e74d8a46d90f974f55196484b3e996b1d1cd17ed7e91bcf5e2fce41f1\">  Norris reveals chats with golf superstar helped him conquer F1 demons   Norris honoured with prestigious sports award on star-studded night <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut then you go to somewhere like Australia or Japan, and we have a completely different set of problems. So it will still chop and change a bit from circuit to circuit. But I think on the whole it is in the right direction. How far it goes in addressing the problems we&#8217;ll have to wait and see until we get on track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying has been one of the main sources of frustration up to now, with drivers not always able to be on the limit, and small mistakes sometimes generating a heavy penalty later in the lap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know for sure, but I think some of the tweaks have hopefully removed some of those problems,\u201d said Piastri. \u201cI think every qualifying session so far, one of us has made a mistake somewhere, and actually it\u2019s helped us rather than hurt us, which is not how it should be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m pretty sure that these tweaks that they\u2019ve just introduced will maybe not fully solve it but certainly go a ways to solving it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He cited Japan as an example of how the 2026 cars have to be driven: \u201cYou still have to drive the car on the limit, but just on the limit within a lot more kind of restrictions. At Suzuka we decided, and I think a lot of teams, decided, that the fastest way around the lap was to not get back on the throttle between the two Degners.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut actually, what it meant was you had to be probably even braver than normal on the way into the Degner, because you knew if you didn\u2019t go hard enough into the corner, if you got back on the throttle afterwards, it was going to be a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd obviously we shouldn\u2019t be having that debate in the first place, but ironically, it makes some places braver than they used to be before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo hopefully with these tweaks, it\u2019s a little bit more back to normal, and you\u2019re not so restricted in the way you have to try and find lap time.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info--2\">\n<p>Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal--2\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/crash.net\/f1\/news\/1093297\/1\/first-driver-verdict-f1s-attempts-fix-2026-rule-problems&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1404673_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;] The first driver verdict on F1\u2019s attempts to fix 2026 rule problems Oscar Piastri shares his thoughts on F1&#8217;s refinements to its controversial 2026 engine regulations. 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