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The return to V10 engines is becoming clearer at the FIA: "It's an option we are evaluating"

The desire to reduce costs in F1 is pushing the FIA ​​towards the outright abandonment of the new V6 turbo-hybrid regulations for 2026, the extension of the current engines for two more years and the adoption of aspirated V10s in 2028. A major about-turn!

Published 25/03/2025 à 17:00

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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The return to V10 engines is becoming clearer at the FIA: "It's an option we are evaluating"

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With less than a year to go before the new V6 turbo-hybrid regulations come into force, the FIA ​​has floated in the paddock of the Chinese Grand Prix the idea of ​​abandoning it altogether and switching to a simpler and, above all, less expensive engine. This would be a "clean" V10 since sustainable fuels now allow it. If the FIA ​​and President Mohammed Ben Sulayem have taken up the issue, it is also to respond to the growing concerns of some engine manufacturers as the deadline approaches, particularly those manufacturers who already know they are behind schedule with their 2026 engine. Even at a sta

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Yves-Henri RANDIER

25/03/2025 at 06:09 a.m.

If the "high revs" V10 running on "fossil-free fuel" were to be adopted, Audi will be the butt of the joke when Cadillac has probably not started its own PowerUnit 2026. Has the monitoring cell in Viry already run an old V10 on the bench with "eco-fuel"? If the PowerUnit 2026 were to finally be abandoned, which engines for Alpine and Aston Martin, which must secure the services of a new engine manufacturer in 2026?

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