Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali believes the series' new engine regulations for 2026 could be the last which require hybrid power units.
Domenicali believes the arrival of ‘sustainable’ fuels in 2026 will allow F1 to do away with hybrids and shift back to using conventional combustion engines in the future.
How much of this is to avoid stepping on the toes of Formula E? (I know people mention some kind of exclusivity arrangement but I've never seen the actual facts on that)
I'd also be interested to know how polluting these sustainable replacements for petrol are, I feel if they were a miracle fuel we'd already know about it!
Maybe their (and our) 25-year run of pretending that gasoline-electric hybrids were an adequate way to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions is finally nearing its end.