Our reaction to F1's RETURN to V8 engines
P1 with Matt and Tommy
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4.9 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
So soon after the new era of hybrid power has begun, F1 are reportedly keen to return to V8 engines as early as 2030. So why are they seemingly turning their back on hybrid technology? And what will this mean for F1 in the future? Let’s talk about it!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy. |
| 0:10.7 | Miami is done. |
| 0:11.5 | We've got a little bit of time now before we head to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. |
| 0:15.7 | And I thought something that was absolutely necessary to talk about. |
| 0:20.0 | And Tommy, I know you're very excited to talk about it as well. |
| 0:22.7 | Is that Formula One plan to return to V8 engines in 2030. |
| 0:28.9 | A lot to discuss about this one, because I have quite a few thoughts on this and the timeline and everything else. |
| 0:37.4 | And Mohammed bin Salyam |
| 0:39.2 | you know widely popular amongst not many people uh is the one being very vocal about this |
| 0:45.5 | he is yes he's obviously the FAA president he's the one that gets to decide certain things |
| 0:52.0 | and for some reason just before the Miami Grand Prix was about to start, |
| 0:57.3 | before we'd even seen the new regs or the updated regs in action, |
| 1:02.7 | he drops the chat that basically, |
| 1:06.0 | we want to return to V8s and we want to do it even sooner than the next step of the regulations, which |
| 1:12.8 | was of course 2031. So we are still here in Australia as much as our backdrop looks like |
| 1:19.0 | we could be anywhere in the world because we have a couple of live shows coming up in Melbourne. |
| 1:23.8 | Then we go to Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. But today we need to talk about the big bombshell, and that is the VA engines, |
| 1:31.5 | might even come back as soon as 2030, perhaps 2031. |
| 1:35.8 | So let me go and run you through Ben Soleim and what he said. |
| 1:40.2 | And this was to Reuters ahead of Miami. |
| 1:41.9 | The quote was, it's coming. |
| 1:43.3 | At the end of the day, |
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