2026 Rule Change Could Spell Doom for Small F1 Teams Like Haas, Warns Ayao Komatsu
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The Formula 1 paddock is heating up over a potential rule change for the 2026 season, and Haas boss Ayao Komatsu isn’t holding back. A proposed regulation that would require teams finishing fifth or higher in the Constructors’ standings to produce all components in-house could, according to Komatsu, cripple smaller outfits like Haas and fundamentally […]

If the rule passes, any team finishing fifth or higher would need to develop all components themselves with a three-year lead time, a task Komatsu argues would be impossible for smaller teams.

  • @SkunkWorkz
    1•10 hours ago

    RBR will just share their data with RB so the Faenza team can just design of that. Instead of working entirely from scratch. Red Bull has the funds to work around these kind of restrictions. It’s mostly Haas that will be fucked if these regulations come to fruition.

    • @BURN
      1•4 hours ago

      There is no data transfer between RB and RBR. This has been clarified multiple times and the FiA closely monitors what data is shared.