Assembly in Uzbekistan, the World Motor Sport Council has made numerous selections regarding Formulation 1 together with a much-needed tweak to the Dash.
“For the primary time in 15 years, there was a three-way battle for the championship determined on the ultimate race, and what a race it was,” mentioned President Ben Sulayem in response to Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which noticed three drivers in rivalry till the ultimate race for the primary time since 2010.
“This year-long battle was a becoming finish to the present rules cycle, as we sit up for the numerous modifications that may are available in 2026,” he added.
“The brand new technical rules we now have mentioned and accepted inside this Council will ship secure, sustainable, and thrilling racing. Thanks to all concerned with this course of that may drive Formulation 1 into a brand new period.”
With the brand new accepted rules, the brand new construction of the 2026 Formulation 1 Rules has lastly been accomplished. The Rules are actually break up in six sections as follows:
Part A: Basic Regulatory ProvisionsSection B: Sporting RegulationsSection C: Technical RegulationsSection D: Monetary Rules (for F1 Groups)Part E: Monetary Rules (for PU Producers)Part F: Operational Rules
The World Council accepted the creation of the brand new ‘Part A’ of the Formulation 1 Rules. This ‘Basic’ part creates consistency between all different sections and to keep away from duplications or contradictions. It adopts a extra rigorous authorized framework, beforehand launched with the Monetary Rules.
Minor updates and refinements to the opposite Sections of the F1 Rules had been accepted by the World Council.
The primary sporting modifications are:
Dash Qualifying dry tyre limitations will not be eliminated when a interval of Dash Qualifying is asserted moist.
The operational personnel restrict for 2026 will quickly enhance to 60, to make sure groups can function the brand new technology of vehicles successfully.
Race suspension and resumption procedures have been simplified.
The return to single pre-season check from 2027 onwards has been confirmed.
Out-of-Competitors Tyre Testing automobile specs have been amended as necessitated by the generational automobile change for 2026.
An allowance has been made for FP1 at a Dash occasion to be prolonged following a crimson flag, to make sure that rivals are afforded related apply time.
There have been updates to Driver Adjustable Bodywork (SLM / CM) utilization – these amendments have been made to make sure congruity with Technical Rules, in addition to finalise particulars of SLM utilization in a number of eventualities.
The primary technical modifications are:
Minor modifications to Article C3 for clarification, together with these associated to deflection checks procedures.
Modifications to the ability unit rules had been made to refine the vitality administration provisions.
Additionally, price noting, forward of the 2026 season, the FIA introduced a brand new superlicence factors allocation for IndyCar.
Beforehand, the highest ten finishers within the championship had been awarded superlicence factors on a 40-30-20-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 foundation, from subsequent season the allocation is 40-30-25-20-15-10-8-6-3-1, thereby reinforcing the sequence as F1’s second feeder sequence, behind F2 however forward of F3.
