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Hello and a very well welcome to the late breaking F1 podcast presented by Sam Sage and me Ben Hocking on what is sadly a non-race Sunday. But happily, we're here.

Yay, we are here, even though I am an hour later because I overslept. Sorry, everyone. You know what, it's all right. They'll get at the same time. I think that delays every part of the podcast. Every single person gets it in hour late. So I'm humbly apologising to all of you. I hope you understand. You're well, Ben. Very well. Thank you very much. The sun is shining, which I always say is a positive,

but then we just block out all of the light via the curtains and blinds.

The thickest curtain ever to stop any light interfering with the recording of the show.

And it's like, oh, no sunshine for you.

The sun is shining. In other words, the lights that we have in here are shining. So,

great. Yeah, we've got some interesting

topics to talk about today. Footwood kick off with a very important one. Good timing on

this news, by the way, F1, well done to you because Formula One teams and championship bosses

have agreed in principle to fast-track power unit changes for

27 in a bid to solve issues with the current regulations. The plan is to move away from the

notional 50-50 split between the internal combustion engine and electrical systems shifting closer

to 60-40 towards the combustion engine instead.

The hope is that more engine power and reduced reliance on the battery will allow the

cars to run flat out a little bit more and avoid becoming energy-starved in certain situations.

It should also make the cars more intuitive for drivers, with the current lack of battery

power having created some

unintended compromises and complications throughout the season so far. It feels like a fairly

notable change, Sam. What are your thoughts on it? Yeah, I was quite surprised that it came out

to be such an early change, you know, 27 is the start of this. I was thinking 28 maybe might be more

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