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Chapter 1: What is the disappointment surrounding Formula 1 and climate change?
tell you what disappointment of the week for me has been the gargantuan mess formula one has got itself into in the name of climate change they want to be net zero by 2030 the question you can quite rightly ask as of this week or as of the 2026 rule changes is at what cost and looking to save the planet not everything has to be ruined i mean christmas tinsel is up 40 because of the war and all the plastic bits that go through the straight of a moose i'd rather go without christmas tinsel than ruin f1
Max Verstappen turns out to be 100% right. This isn't racing, and that is the most dagger-in-the-heartish thing you can say to a motorsport fan. This isn't racing. Nothing wrong with moving with the times.
Chapter 2: Why do some believe the recent changes in F1 are ruining the sport?
When cars used to crash, they sometimes blew up and killed people. They decided that needed to change. The halo had some pushback with its introduction, but ultimately it was the right call. But if you read the changes made this week to the cars and their power modes, and please don't because it's farcical, You would, one, need a degree, but two, see just how out of hand and unracing all this is.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of F1 aiming for net zero by 2030?
From qualifying to the race itself to the starts to the tyre blankets, from kilojoules to megawatts, the changes are dizzying and depressing. Where once a guy like Verstappen would wring the bejesus out of an engine and get a car to defy physics, these days it's all batteries and who knows what jiggery-pokery. The drivers don't like it.
It's so complicated some of the cars don't even work, all in the name of net zero.
F1 is one of the greatest sports stories of the modern age.
Chapter 4: How do drivers feel about the new F1 regulations and technology?
It is spectacular. It is massive. It is successful. It is growing. It is global.
Chapter 5: What does the future hold for Formula 1 amidst these changes?
It is everything you could ever want a sport or a business or a business or a sport to be until it isn't. It's a golden goose and a battery is wrecking it.
The more battery, the more wreckage, the more questions, the more upset, the more unpredictability, the more risk to the brand. Speed, skill, risk, and an engine. That's motorsport. Talk about looking a gift horse. For more from the Mike Hosking Breakfast, listen live to News Talk ZB from 6 a.m. weekdays or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.