Lighter cars, V8 engines and smaller tyres. That is Verstappen's dream vision for the future of F1 cars.
The two-time world champion has been left far from impressed about his first experience of the future engine and car rules during trials on the Red Bull simulator.about the way that drivers could be forced to change down gears on the straight to try to recharge batteries and said all indications looked"very bad" about the impact on the racing.
"These [current] cars are, of course, incredibly fast," he said."I still enjoyed the 2020 and 2021 cars. They were a bit more agile and more fun, but also they were very heavy. Beyond the engines, Verstappen thinks that car weight is something that needs urgent addressing, although he accepted that going back to cars that weigh around 550kg would now be impossible because of safety demands.
Verstappen also believes that rather than F1 heading towards cars that have reduced drag on the straights, that grand prix racing should be going in the other direction.
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