Fast, thrilling and more sustainable racing.

That's what the exciting new era of Formula One will look like from 26,

with new power units, advanced sustainable fuels and different challenges for the drivers.

That's different, but it's great.

The fuel story is amazing. You can see how ecstatic an engineer almost gets when you look at Howell.

That is an incredible project, just phenomenal project, complete step into the unknown.

That's one of those ones where the regulators have gone, yeah, do that. I know it doesn't

exist. I know it sounds impossible, but do that. Thank you very much, F1 Sport. We'll take the

benefit of that because you're making something incredible. Rumors in the paddock suggest Mercedes

will be the team to beat. So how confident are they? Never confident. We are glass half empty people,

never half full. You can't take anything for granted even if the Mercedes bar unit was the strongest.

Quite frankly, I don't know how much power we're going to get to the first race, so God knows how

the rest of the paddock knows what we're getting there. These rumour means are always dangerous.

We are not being carried away by any gossip that's been discussed today at wrestler.

Hello and welcome to F1 Beyond the Grid with me, Tom Clarkson.

Now the thrilling 2025 season has ended. Full focus switches to 2026 for one of the biggest rule changes in the history of Formula One.

Always raising the bar for innovation and technology, F1 has gone through different rule cycles throughout the last 75 years.

But with new car and new engine regulations arriving at the same time in 2026,

there's even more anticipation this time around.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolf and Managing Director of Mercedes AMG

high-performance power trains, Hal Thomas, are working incredibly hard to make sure the team can

compete once again for world titles in this new era. Toto and Hal provide a fascinating breakdown

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