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F1: Ben Sualyem wants lighter cars
As well as V8s, FIA president, Mohammed ben Sulayem is seeking smaller, lighter cars. While 30kgs lighter than they were between 2023 and 2025, F1 cars are still massively in need of Mounjaro compared to those cars from the beginning of the hybrid era in 2014 when they weighed in at 690kg, even more so when you go back to 1995 - 2008 when they tipped the scales at 595kg. For some time now drivers have complained at the weight and size of contemporary F1 cars, and while the 2026 reduction is a step in the right direction it doesn't go nearly far enough. 'What is the worst thing in the cars now?' says Ben Sulayem in an interview with Canal+. 'Complexity, more money, expenses, and also a big...
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