2026-03-09 11:32:14
Lando Norris fears that F1’s new regulations could cause a “horrible” accident that puts both drivers and fans in danger.
The McLaren driver made an underwhelming start to his world championship defence as he only finished fifth in Sunday’s (08.03.26) Australian Grand Prix and voiced his concerns about the new ‘overtake’ mode that can cause significant speed differences between cars.
Norris told reporters: “It is chaos, and we are going to have a big accident, which is a shame because we are driving and the ones just waiting for something to happen and to go quite horribly wrong and that is not a nice position to be in.
“Depending on what drivers do, you can have closing speeds of 30, 40, 50kph, and when someone hits another driver at that speed, you are going to fly and go over the fence and do a lot of damage to yourself and maybe to others and that is a pretty horrible thing to think about.”
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is also unconvinced by the sport’s new rules and called on the governing body, the FIA, to listen to the drivers.
The four-time world champion said: “Like I said I love racing, but we can only take so much, right?
“I think they are willing to listen, FIA and F1, I just hope of course that there is some action.
“I mean it’s not that I’m the only one saying it, I think a lot are saying it, if it’s drivers, fans, we just want the best for the sport. It’s not like we are critical just to be critical, we are critical for a reason, we want it to be F1, proper F1 on steroids, today that of course was again not the case.”
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