Oliver Bearman points out another shortcoming of F1’s new rules: More meetings

It’s said that meetings are where minutes are kept but hours are lost. One lesser-documented but still painful consequence of the 2026 Formula 1 regulations has been the need to map out exactly how the limited quantity of electrical energy can be deployed and recharged to achieve the so-called 'optimal lap’. And that, naturally, requires a meeting – albeit, perhaps unusually, a productive ...