Horner: future regulation could be pushed back to 2023

Futures F1 which were to see the light of day in 2021 could only appear two years later. After a first postponement of one year following the coronavirus epidemic which is paralyzing the world, a second delay could be granted to teams in order to benefit from the budgets necessary for car developments.

This was announced by team principal Christian Horner in an interview with the BBC.

“Above all, we must stop having to spend to remain competitive and the development of certain elements has been frozen, commented the Briton. There is already an agreement on the bodywork and we now have to think about the front suspension, the wheels... There are probably more than 60% of the elements of the car not including aerodynamics whose development has been frozen for this year and next year. »

“We are also talking about another year of postponement for the implementation of the new regulations because in my opinion it would be totally irresponsible to have a surge in development costs in 2021, underlined Christian Horner. It looks like we have reached an agreement but it needs to be ratified by the FIA ​​to push these developments back to 2022 to prepare for the 2023 season.

Christian Horner and other team bosses are concerned about the financial health of the most modest structures on the grid for the future of F1.

“F1 will survive, it has solid foundations and a huge heritage. But the survival of all the teams is another problem and it is the responsibility of the team managers to act in the interest of the discipline and all its participants to ensure that we maintain a ten-team grid., he clarified… It is not yet clear to what extent F1 will be impacted... Some teams are more exposed than others, especially smaller ones, and we must do our best to protect the F1 community. »

The FIA ​​has already taken a series of measures during his last World Council in particular by prohibiting the development of aerodynamics planned for the future regulation this year.