The two prestigious brands German they will enter the premier class from 2026, with the introduction of the new technical cycle which will concern the development of the Power Units. There F1 Commission should have approved by the end June il regulation in such a way as to allow the new arrivals to formalize the partnerships with the chosen teams and get to work. There However, the Federation takes time and the agreement will inevitably slip to July being now winding down for the month. Longer-than-expected trades put Audi e Porsche in an awkward position and there is a risk that everything could blow up.
The issues
Two years. This is the time for discussion of the regulation between the Formula 1 and builders who eagerly awaited the 29nd June. Date on which the FIA World Council should have made everything official. However, this date will not be respected and engine rules will not be presented to World Council members until at least the first ten years July and a delay it is never welcomed with joy by the other side. And it is precisely this lack of professionalism, especially after waiting a couple of years, that risks compromising a prestigious entrance is preferably used for F1which would have enormous benefits. Both in economic terms and in terms of credibility and level of the series.
La problems bigger, according to reports from the German newspaper Auto Motor Und Sport would have been there drafting of the text. For avoid loopholes and pitfalls at all costs. Furthermore, the following would have been defined: spending limit, hours of bench testing, privileges to be granted to newcomers – and whether to include Red Bull Powertrains and Porsche in these. Finally, one internal dispute to the FIA would have led to another delay. There pressure exercised by the former Secretary General, Peter bayer, to sign the agreement by June, in fact, it would not have been tolerated by the president of the FIA, Mohammed ben Sulayem.
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Auto Motor Und Sport, reports that before the Canadian Grand Prix the president Sulayem and Stefano Domenicali they would assure board members of Audi and Porsche of confirmation of the regulations in July, perhaps on the weekend when F1 arrives in Austria. Although there is still nothing official, the agreement between is now certain Porsche e RedBull. The race weekend in Spielberg, scheduled for July 10, would have been the perfect opportunity to formalize the deal in style, playing at the home of Red Bull. But the delay in the negotiations blew everything up. Audi would instead communicate the partnership, probably with Sauber, next week.
And now it waits
Once the regulation has been drafted, the two German brands will have to confirm their participation, which will become binding at that point, within two weeks. This of course, net of more malcontents or failures of the FIA, which would risk definitively destroying the already partly compromised agreements.
Source: FormulaPassion
