WHAT SHOULD POWER F1 CARS IN FUTURE?

After the FIA imposed a freeze on F1 powertrain development until 2026, Karun Chandhok believes it should rethink its future strategy. “We need to get rid of hybrids,” he explains. “F1 cars are too fat and heavy now [the minimum has risen to 795kg]. The MGU-H [weighing 120kg] will never find its way on to a road car; it’s irrelevant. The FIA needs to say: ‘Formula E, you’re purely electric; sports cars, you’re developing hybrids; F1, you’re developing sustainable fuels.’ So we will have a return to V10s and V12s that everyone likes to hear. F1 needs to drive the change for what’s coming in 2035, not in 2030.”