The proposed regulation changes for the harvesting and deployment of the electric side of the engine don’t go anywhere near far enough. I don’t understand why Formula 1 as a whole has refused to bite the bullet and admit a big mistake has been made.This theoretical 50/50 horsepower split between the internal combustion engine and the electrics is nothing more than a number plucked from the air. It’s not really even 50/50, it’s probably more towards 45/55 in favour of the internal combustion engine. But this has created the situation where the cars are driving the driver, as opposed to the driver driving the car. That is the heart of it for me.F1 needs to put the driver back in command of the car and take away these algorithms that decide what power output the driver is going to have. The regulation already exists: the driver must drive the car a …
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Author: Gary Anderson
