2017 technical regulations, agreement reached between FIA and teams on the power unit front

The F1 Commission has finally approved the changes on the power unit front regarding the sporting regulations starting from the 2017/2018 two-year period. In fact, inside the Sochi paddock, the engine engineers managed to reach an agreement on the regulations that will regulate the management of the power units from next season, implementing some changes that will help the small teams to emerge from a rather complex economic period.

The objective of the next two years, in fact, will be to level out performance on the track, helping brands in difficulty to recover ground against Ferrari and Mercedes, while still guaranteeing a show suited to the Formula One circus.

It should be noted that the agreement provides for a maximum ceiling of 15 million for the purchase of the power unit package, with a discount of 1 million for the 2017 season and 3 million for the following 2018.

Furthermore, starting from 2018, each driver will have to use only three units for the entire championship compared to the five currently in use. Let's remember that the world calendar includes twenty-one events and therefore it will be interesting to understand what type of development the teams will carry out to fall within these parameters of use.

It should also be underlined that the F1 Commission has definitively rejected the idea of ​​an alternative bi-turbo engine for customer teams. Each team will therefore necessarily have to rely on Ferrari, Mercedes, Honda or Renault. The changes will be brought to the next FIA World Council for final approval.