{"id":25131,"date":"2025-10-17T03:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T07:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/f1-agrees-further-relief-for-struggling-power-unit-manufacturers-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T03:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T07:30:39","slug":"f1-agrees-further-relief-for-struggling-power-unit-manufacturers-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/f1-agrees-further-relief-for-struggling-power-unit-manufacturers-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 agrees further relief for struggling power unit manufacturers in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">F1 and the FIA \u200b\u200bhave agreed further mechanisms to help struggling power unit manufacturers address issues under the 2026 regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">Next year will see the introduction of a complex new power unit that increases the influence of the battery and hybrid system, which will see the entry of Audi and the return of Honda, which previously decided to exit the sport. Ford will also partner with Red Bull Powertrain, while Cadillac plans to develop its own power unit for 2029, but new regulations could widen initial performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">A meeting of the World Motor Sport Council approved changes to the financial and operating rules for power units between the FIA, F1, teams and manufacturers to prevent engines from being locked into a particularly uncompetitive state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">&#8220;The most important of these changes relates to the ADUO concept (Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities), which aims to offer greater development opportunities to PU manufacturers that lag far behind their competitors in terms of performance,&#8221; the FIA \u200b\u200bannounced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">\u201cPerformance will be continuously measured across all power units and after races 6, 12 and 18, an ADUO may be assigned to deal with such situations and will provide:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-q9pwbh\">\n<li class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-q9pwbh\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">Additional possibility to change the certification of the power unit<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-q9pwbh\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">Additional cost cap relief<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-q9pwbh\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">Additional development time on PU testbench<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">In addition to keeping these options open for performance reasons, the World Motor Sport Council also approved measures to ease the cost cap &#8220;for PU manufacturers who may face serious reliability issues that could be seriously compromised under the cost cap.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">All changes were approved at a time when the FIA&#8217;s part of the Concorde Agreement was still in the works and both the FIA \u200b\u200band F1 were speaking positively about cooperation aimed at improving the sport in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">FIA President Mohamed Ben Sulayem said: &#8220;By continuing to have positive discussions with FOM and the teams towards a new agreement, we have the opportunity to make history together.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">\u201cThrough our close collaboration, we can deliver a future where the Championship continues to grow and attract an ever-increasing number of fans around the world, and where the FIA \u200b\u200bstrengthens its role as regulator. Our priorities are to continually improve the safety of all single-seater series, support the path of young drivers and ultimately see the sport we love grow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">\u201cI would like to thank Stefano Domenicali and his team and the representatives of each party for working towards the conclusion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">Domenicali himself echoed Ben Sulayem&#8217;s comments, saying the two countries would work more cooperatively during 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-8yrj4i\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-xn9in4\">&#8220;I would like to thank the FIA, the volunteers and the ASN (National Governing Bodies) for their dedication and hard work,&#8221; said Domenicali. \u201cThis is a great moment and our two roles are clearly committed to a strong future. We have built good momentum over the past few months and made significant progress in ensuring sound governance for the sustainability and well-being of the sport.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F1 and the FIA \u200b\u200bhave agreed further mechanisms to help struggling power unit manufacturers address issues under the 2026 regulations. Next year will see the introduction of a complex new power unit that increases the influence of the battery and hybrid system, which will see the entry of Audi and the return of Honda, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[19,18,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-25131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-formula","9":"tag-formula-racing","10":"tag-racing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}