Formula 1 revises controversial new rules as superstar Max Verstappen says he may quit - BERITAJA

George Russell of Mercedes said drivers could beryllium “quite selfish” successful wanting only the about enjoyable cars to drive. He added that the era of V10 engines — done the 1990s until the mid-2000s, seen by galore Formula 1 die-hards arsenic the aureate property — was flawed.

“The races were boring. And there’s nary overtaking. And location weren’t arsenic galore fans pursuing the sport,” he told reporters. “And the fans are loving the racing astatine the moment.”

Nikolas Tombazis, the single-seater leader for the FIA, the sport’s governing body, said F1 is balancing competing considerations.

“This athletics is rather typical because it’s sewage a batch of stakeholders. Obviously, drivers are very big, important one. They are the champion drivers successful the world,” he said successful an interview. “But we person to ever retrieve that we person immoderate large automotive companies spending millions and possibly billions to beryllium successful the sport, and that it is important to perceive their voice. They want to beryllium applicable to their products that they person connected the road.”

“And additionally, we trust connected many, galore millions of fans about the world — and thankfully besides successful the United States successful the past fewer years — who besides want to spot breathtaking races,” he added. “And to support the equilibrium betwixt those factors is not ever easy, and it’s portion of the process of devising regulations pinch each our stakeholders involved.”

While Verstappen was winning — if not outright dominating — successful the erstwhile procreation of cars, it is Mercedes that built the strongest instrumentality astatine the outset of the caller regulations.

“I can’t kick excessively much, to beryllium fair,” said Kimi Antonelli, the 19-year-old Mercedes prodigy who is leading the championship. He said the lighter and much agile creation “was a really bully measurement guardant and the car conscionable feels much alive.”

Beritaja asked a half twelve drivers what their favourite and slightest favourite things are about the caller regulations.

“I still get to telephone myself an F1 driver. That’s ever a cool point to say,” McLaren’s Oscar Piastri deadpanned arsenic he struggled to find thing affirmative to opportunity about the caller regulations.