Our verdict on F1's new engine direction
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What is the episode’s opening banter and who are the hosts?
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Hello and a very warm welcome to the Late Breaking F One podcast presented By Harry Aid! Yeah. Woo! I've used that twice in a week now. So many sirens.
Once for Hamilton, once for you. Well, I am in esteemed company then. Yeah, hello. This is weird. Yeah.
Oh by the way, I'm Ben Hocking, but I don't really matter. Yeah, whatever. You've seen you've seen and heard enough of me. It's all about Harry E today.
Hello, guys. I am back. Uh Yeah, this is a this is odd. I look, I'll be I'll be a tiny bit serious before and we'll carry on as normal. Thank you everyone for all the kind, kind messages that you sent uh in my absence. It was it was very much appreciated. I didn't reply to anyone and I apologize, but I was having a bit of a break from life, so um, but I did see them all and I saw your messages on on the comments of the podcast too. So uh the love was felt. And also thank you to Sam, Ben, and Kirsty for carrying on the show without me because I was very appreciative of that. Um but yeah, I'm back. I'm now back. Back for good, as Gary Barno once said.
Take that reference in the first seventy-five seconds. We so bad.
Actually, before we start the podcast, uh I'd like to I'd like you, Ben, to tell me a little bit more about uh a Scandinavian luxury luggage company if you I swear to God, man.
We w we we just trying to make a living out here, folks.
That would sum up that my time away from the podcast is just a Scandinavian luggage company and I have been nothing to do with it.
So No, no. Um also you're coming back on an episode where um Sam is uh very busy with his uh with his with his other job. Um do it fuels the flames that there is still this ongoing beef between the two of you. The two of you. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Luckily I am here because otherwise Ben would be talking into a a a vacuum or podcasting.
No one wants that. Um I like to think you've timed your return because you you were just waiting for Antonelli and Mercedes not to win a race. Um and you're actually just uh a massive Ferrari bandwagon fan at this point.
That's me. I have been since ninety six. Just look at me. I'm a shoemaker fandom, so
Well, um, we've got uh we've got uh very interesting episode for you. We've got um some Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin chat coming up a little bit later on. Um, but we're gonna start out with uh confirmation of s uh of some news that we've spoken about before. It's that the FIA has confirmed plans to increase the role of Formula One's combustion engines over the next two years. So from twenty twenty eight, power units will produce around sixty percent of their energy. From the engine and 40% from the electrical system, compared to the current 50-50 splits. The transition begins next year, 2027, with a 5% increase in fuel flow and MGUK harvesting power rising from 350 to 375 kilowatts. This should see the split move to about 58-42, and then a further increase, of course, in 2028.
The changes have been agreed by the F. FIA, Formula One management and the teams. Um the the the teams, Formula One management and FIA all agreeing on something. Are you surprised?
I mean it's it's a sign that maybe things did need to change if we get agreement from all of those parties. Um I'm I I'm not surprised. I mean, there was a little bit of, you know, back and forth a lot along the way, wasn't there, with uh some manuf engine manufacturers not wanting to commit to to doing this. And I think sixty forty the sixty forty split was the maximum I think right now we're gonna get out of them. I'm not sure they're gonna commit to any more.
How do Ben and Harry react to the FIA’s confirmed 60‑40 engine‑electric split for 2028?
But like I said, the fact that they have agreed to do this shows that they they know, even the engine manufacturers know deep down that uh Mm. it this needed to this needed to change a bit, at least for now. Um I'm I'm kind of I'm kind of okay with them not trying to jump too far with this and not, you know, not do a seventy thirty or even like an eighty twenty.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the episode’s opening banter and who are the hosts?
0:00–4:12
2
How do Ben and Harry react to the FIA’s confirmed 60‑40 engine‑electric split for 2028?
4:12–9:34
3
Why do the hosts think the new engine‑power ratio is a realistic compromise?
9:34–19:27
4
What are the arguments for and against a faster transition to a 60‑40 split?
19:27–30:24
5
Is Fernando Alonso really planning to retire after Barcelona?
30:24–41:49
6
How does the guest, Christian Hugill, describe the inspiration behind his new book *Grand Prix 101*?
41:49–53:27
7
What predictions do the panel make about driver swaps, race wins and the championship?
53:27–1:05:47
8
What are the final take‑aways and upcoming preview plans for the next episode?
1:05:47–1:15:31