The F1 field is almost tighter than ever, but Adrian Newey is concerned that may not be the case.
Adrian Newey has warned that the F1 2026 regulations could see a “pretty significant” chance of the field spreading out again after a period of closeness.
Newey admitted that the wider fan community does not generally enjoy seeing cycles of one-team domination, as is the case now with Red Bull and Max Verstappen, but added that the trend of one team flying out of the traps after a regulation change often results in a wider field spread – which does not benefit the series as a whole.
“If you look at history, then whenever there’s a regulation change, more often than not one team reads it better than another. And there’s a period of domination.Adrian Newey sabbatical? What we know so far about shock Red Bull exit rumours
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