F1 Gossip: 2026 engine regulations open the door for Audi & Porsche

- Formula 1’s 2026 engine regulations are taking shape with the MGU-H being scrapped, while energy recovery will be increased from 120 to 350 kW - on the rear axle only༒.
100% CO2 neutral fuels will be used from 2026 onwards, whi🔯le these changes are 𝕴expected to appeal to Audi and Porsche. ()
- A Sa🗹udi Arabia official has admitted that it is in a “race against time” to get its Jeddahꦦ circuit ready for the grand prix later this year. ()
- Local promoters remai🧜n confident that F1 will return to the Marina Bay Street C♏ircuit in Singapore for 2022. ()
- Should the Chinese GP not go ahead next year, Imola i♉s the leading contender to replace it, while Turkey could deputise for Singapore. ()
- Michael Masi has revealed the Istanbul Park track surface has been treated to avoid having ꦬa ridi𒐪culously low grip surface as seen in the 2020 race.
He told : “We do regularly, each season, send an update to the teams of any circuit changes for upcoming events, be ꦉthey barriers, fences, gates, whatever it may be, areas of resurfacing,” he said.
)"꧑it's definitely going to be crazy to think that I never drove for Ferrari".
"Of cour🌟se I look at the colour and the red, it's just... it's still the red. I have a couple of Ferraris at homeꦛ, so I do get to drive a Ferrari, just not the one!
"For e𓂃veryone that's a dream position to be in. It was just never really f🐟ully on the cards for me.
"I'll n꧃ever kno🍷w fully exactly why, but I wish them all the best and I'm going to spend the next bit of my time stopping them from winning the championship!"

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