Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has stated his belief that Formula 1 should be looking to the future and begin planning regulations for 2035 already.
The sport is about to embark on a new era next year, with the 2026 season debuting a brand-new set of technical rules, among the most radical in the sport’s history.
Furthering electrification is one of the cornerstones of the new rules, which has brought some sense of dissatisfaction and a lack of enthusiasm among many.
So much so that chunks of this year have been spent discussing the possible return of full internal combustion engines for a future generation, with V10s, and more recently V8s, mooted.
This was discussed with the possibility of introducing them earlier than the 2026 regulations were expected to last, but the FIA has since confirmed that they will run as scheduled until the end of 2030.
The car industry as a whole is set to see changes in the coming years that may not necessarily align with the idea of ICE making such a swashbuckling return to F1, which is why Vasseur, speaking to Bloomberg, feels that there is a need to act and look ahead immediately.
“Probably the challenge is to stay where we [F1] are in terms of success, exposure and to lead the techno[logy],” he said.
“And what is difficult is that we had a kind of inertia to the regulations to decide what will be the regulation of 2035.
“I would say that almost we have to decide it now. We have between five and ten years. It means that it’s not easy to imagine what will be the car industry in 2035, I think people are changing now quite quickly, and it’s a challenge.”
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