James Vowles (Williams) welcomes the "wise changes" made to the 2026 F1 regulations

Moments after the FIA ​​announced regulatory changes, which are expected to be implemented as early as the Miami Grand Prix on May 3rd, James Vowles, the Team Principal of the team WilliamsHe expressed support for these decisions, which still need to be ratified in a future vote. However, the outcome of the vote is unlikely to be decisive, given that all stakeholders have negotiated and accepted these various modified parameters, primarily concerning security.

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"These are sensible changes, and the teams, the FIA ​​and the Formula 1 "They have done an excellent job over the past few weeks to reach an agreement," Vowles stated on his X account (formerly Twitter). "F1 has delivered some great racing since the start of the year, but it's only natural that we always look to improve. We look forward to seeing these changes implemented from Miami onwards."

Two of the objectives of these regulatory changes are to make qualifying more exciting (with fewer instances of superclipping where drivers slowed down despite remaining at full throttle to recharge their batteries), and to increase race safety, following Oliver Bearman's accident at Suzuka. The British driver from Haas had to avoid theAlpine of Franco Colapinto, whom he was catching with a significant speed differential before the Spoon corner, ending his race in the tire wall.

An addition to the starting procedure, with automatic deployment of the MGU-K for drivers exhibiting abnormally low acceleration at the start, will be tested in Miami before a possible implementation as early as the Canadian Grand Prix. The rule changes were expected, particularly given the break imposed by the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, which were scheduled for April.