[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  This is Formula X [@ThisIsFormu1a1](/creator/twitter/ThisIsFormu1a1) on x 6138 followers Created: 2025-07-04 06:54:37 UTC Charles Leclerc isn’t alone with his 2026 F1 car complaints: — Charles Leclerc has voiced concerns over the new 2026 Formula X regulations, warning that the upcoming cars are “probably less enjoyable to drive.” Speaking during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, Leclerc said: “Let’s say it’s not the most enjoyable race car I’ve driven so far but we are still in a moment where the project is relatively new.” “My hope relies in the fact that it will evolve quite a bit in the next few months, but I think it’s no secret that I think the regulations for next year is going to be probably less enjoyable to drive. So yeah, I’m not a big fan of it for now, but there’s a challenge and I would like the challenge of maximising a very different car to what it is at the moment. But do I enjoy it? Probably not.” — Max Verstappen previously expressed unease over the changes but chose not to elaborate: “I’m in the middle. Maybe good, maybe bad – we’ll see. I’m very open-minded, honestly. When I sit in the car next year, we’ll figure it out. I’m not making the rules anyway. Even if I have my concerns, it’s not going to change anything.” — Mercedes chief Toto Wolff offered perspective on the drivers’ reaction: “If you ask a driver for a good car, give him the strongest, grippiest, least degrading tyres, XXXXX horsepower, naturally aspirated V12, and that’s what they’re going to love. And so we’re just in a different era now.” — McLaren technical director Neil Houldey acknowledged there are still areas that need refining: “We know that there are still changes that need to be made to the regulations, especially around energy recovery, deployment, the straight line mode, the cornering mode, that actually we will be able to make as a group of teams and with the FIA that will help all of those issues.” #scuderiaferrari #charlesleclerc 🇲🇨 VIA: [motorsport]  XXX engagements  **Related Topics** [prix](/topic/prix) [grand prix](/topic/grand-prix) [austrian grand prix](/topic/austrian-grand-prix) [f1](/topic/f1) [charles leclerc](/topic/charles-leclerc) [formula 1](/topic/formula-1) [Post Link](https://x.com/ThisIsFormu1a1/status/1941027853015122019)
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Created: 2025-07-04 06:54:37 UTC
Charles Leclerc isn’t alone with his 2026 F1 car complaints:
— Charles Leclerc has voiced concerns over the new 2026 Formula X regulations, warning that the upcoming cars are “probably less enjoyable to drive.” Speaking during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, Leclerc said:
“Let’s say it’s not the most enjoyable race car I’ve driven so far but we are still in a moment where the project is relatively new.”
“My hope relies in the fact that it will evolve quite a bit in the next few months, but I think it’s no secret that I think the regulations for next year is going to be probably less enjoyable to drive. So yeah, I’m not a big fan of it for now, but there’s a challenge and I would like the challenge of maximising a very different car to what it is at the moment. But do I enjoy it? Probably not.”
— Max Verstappen previously expressed unease over the changes but chose not to elaborate:
“I’m in the middle. Maybe good, maybe bad – we’ll see. I’m very open-minded, honestly. When I sit in the car next year, we’ll figure it out. I’m not making the rules anyway. Even if I have my concerns, it’s not going to change anything.”
— Mercedes chief Toto Wolff offered perspective on the drivers’ reaction:
“If you ask a driver for a good car, give him the strongest, grippiest, least degrading tyres, XXXXX horsepower, naturally aspirated V12, and that’s what they’re going to love. And so we’re just in a different era now.”
— McLaren technical director Neil Houldey acknowledged there are still areas that need refining:
“We know that there are still changes that need to be made to the regulations, especially around energy recovery, deployment, the straight line mode, the cornering mode, that actually we will be able to make as a group of teams and with the FIA that will help all of those issues.”
#scuderiaferrari #charlesleclerc 🇲🇨
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