Lando Norris warns against fake or staged F1 races

Lando Norris, a young British Formula 1 driver, has expressed his concerns astir the caller rules that volition travel into effect successful 2026. He believes that Formula 1 should debar creating alleged "fake" oregon "staged" races, i.e. events that are not earthy and could harm the authenticity of this sport.

Norris precocious tested a caller conception of progressive aerodynamic systems successful a simulator. According to him, helium prefers elemental races that absorption connected the accomplishment of the driver, and is wary of the complexities that caller exertion brings. The caller system, which volition regenerate the existing DRS, volition let drivers to usage 2 modes: Z mode with precocious downforce for amended cornering, and X mode with reduced absorption for higher speeds connected straights. Unlike the existent DRS, this strategy volition beryllium capable to beryllium activated connected routes longer than astir 3 seconds, which provides greater tactical possibilities.

Challenges and caller opportunities: The cars volition be slower successful immoderate segments

Norris emphasizes that the changes volition bring caller challenges.

“The cars volition beryllium slower successful immoderate segments and they volition participate corners otherwise than before. They volition not beryllium arsenic spectacular successful presumption of thigh times and they volition not look arsenic accelerated due to the fact that they volition suffer velocity connected the straights,” helium said.

He added that the ocular interaction of the races whitethorn beryllium reduced, due to the fact that they volition not beryllium arsenic ‘cool’ and charismatic arsenic before, but helium believes that this is portion of a caller opening and that everyone indispensable judge these changes.

The operator from Great Britain besides expresses a tendency for simplicity:

“I bash not privation complications similar DRS, I privation to thrust the car instinctively, alteration gears and trial the limits.”

He concludes that helium expects each teams to beryllium adjacent successful show implicit the adjacent 2 to 3 years, which volition further summation the excitement successful the sport.