TECH WEEKLY: How F1 teams have responded to the sport’s all-new regulations

F1 enters a new era of regulations in 2026, with the first design features and traits already emerging – as F1 technical expert Mark Hughes explains...

Special ContributorMark Hughes
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With the first official images of the Red Bull RB22, Racing Bulls VCARB O3 and the Haas VF-26 (as well as some footage of the Cadillac being shaken down at Silverstone), we are seeing the first signs of how the various F1 teams have responded to the all-new regulations.

One of the biggest ever chassis regulation revamps coincides with a fundamental change in the power units, and those two developments are inextricably linked.