Edd Straw

I see tremendous ambition in what they're trying to do now, despite all of these constraints.

So I'm delighted that we were able to spend a little bit of time with Hass and hopefully give everyone listening a bit more of an understanding of this unique Formula One team.

So thanks very much, Scott.

Now a reminder to everybody, in fact, you may have heard Scott talking about that run he took when he visited Banbury.

he turned that into a video for the race members club where you saw him sped up running around looking at all the signs and the outside buildings for pro drive and mahindra and hats etc that's the kind of thing you get with the race members club it's not all scott running there's bonus podcasts all sorts of different videos there's a thriving community hit the link in the episode description or head to patreon and search for the race or the race members club to find out more about that

Right, we're going to be back very, very soon, likely with some chat about Max Verstappen's outing in the Nürburgring 24 hours.

But until then, stay with us for everything you need to know from the world of Formula One.

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The race is on, and F1 has committed to making bigger evolutionary changes by rolling back on the 50-50 electric conventional engine split in 2027 as it pushes to make the most of the current power units.

So what are the implications of that, and what do we know about the pathway F1 has embarked upon for the mooted switch to V8 engines?

I'm Ed Straw, and here to unravel the technical and political intrigue are John Noble and Ben Anderson.

Well, the big news is that F1 has announced its intention, its commitment in principle to increasing the power of the V6 and slightly reducing the deployment power of the MG UK in 2027.

So, John, what exactly do we know about the changes?

What's happening?

Would you like to briefly just take a moment to enjoy it?

Yeah, it's definitely a much bigger step in the right direction than what they did in Miami, I would say.

There's still going to be limitations because it's still with similar hardware and it's only going to be the complete reset of the new engines down the line.

That puts F1 back on a totally even keel.

But it's a very positive step.

And I have to say, John, I'm slightly surprised they've done this.