It looked like we were going to run with new engine regulations from 2025, but it looks like it will be from 2026 after all. According to information from The Race, Formula 1 wants to delay until 2026 so Volkswagen can enter the premier class of motor sports. The German brand would like to enter a partnership with Red Bull Racing.
Crucial to that plan is dropping the MGU-H. It is a complex part of the current power unit and Volkswagen would seriously consider a move into Formula 1 if this engine part is dropped. The problem, however, is that the other engine manufacturers - Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault - want to keep the MGU-H.
Red Bull have always said that it doesn't want an MGU-H because the other manufacturers would have a head start with the new rules. The competition has been working with the MGU-H much longer than Red Bull Powertrains so they have an advantage. So, in principle, it is three against one, but there is a chance that Formula 1 will veto the new rules. The plan of Liberty Media has always been to attract a new manufacturer with the new engine rules.
Volkswagen to Formula 1
So why are Red Bull and Volkswagen in talks with each other? "It appears that Red Bull and Volkswagen are working towards a common project for the new regulations despite being two independent voices in the discussions. A collaboration makes sense as it allows both parties to share the financial burden of developing an F1 engine as well as the technology required to do so," the aforementioned medium's website reads.
From a legal perspective I don t see how Liberty Media would get away with it as the manufacturers already in F1 would not agree. F1 need regulations change in order bring some decent show to the fans and manufacturers have different agendas hence why we have this hybrid crap with cars that they call F1 and with a wheelbase of a bus..Zandvoort who is old school track was a proof of it as the cars are to big. In fact F1 cars nowadays are closer to the endurance cars than F1 from 1990 2000.
The MGU-H was put there to appease environmental activists that don't realise that the part of F1 that actually pollutes is the travel, not the actual race. They should optimize schedules to make it so that they travel shorter distances, like have Spain, then Silverstone, then France, Monaco, etc. close in the schedule to minimize travelling and significantly reduce emissions. They can go back to NA engines and make the races more exciting to watch. another thing I'd like to see is them allowing more experimenting within certain limits on the engines, like allowing 6 cylinders but you can have a 60 degree V, a 90 degree V, a Boxer 6, etc. to have more engine layout diversity and encourage innovation, which is at the end of the day what Formula 1 was always about.
The MGU-H is just something the FIA implemented to try to appease the greenies by making F1 seem to be more 'environmentally friendly', going back to 2014. Since then, the big bosses running the FIA has changed and they are now looking for ways to make the racing more exciting and to attract more fans and viewers. That being the case, if less complicated and better sounding cars is what the majority of fans would prefer and what new engine suppliers coming to the category wants, there is high possibility that the unnecessarily complicated MGU-H will be dropped.
If they remove MGU-H, engines will sound much better and louder?. Ofcourse they are going to increase the capacity of MGU-K to compensate for the power loss due to removal of MGU-H.
Drop the mgu h make the Rev limiter 18k and add two more cylinders and I'll be happy
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