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The debate about this year’s rules has widened out into what might be the ideal rule-set for the future.<\/p>\n
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll, the son of team owner Lawrence Stroll, said the new rules were “fundamentally just so flawed”, adding: “We’re still far away from proper F1 cars, and pushing flat-out without thinking about batteries.”<\/p>\n
Two years ago, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem was pushing for a return to V8 or V10 naturally aspirated engines, and he is known to still be keen on the idea.<\/p>\n
However, at the time, the engine manufacturers killed his plan.<\/p>\n
And Russell explained that the decision was more complicated than it appears on the surface.<\/p>\n
The Mercedes driver said: “There’s a lot of talk about going back to a V8. That would obviously be pretty cool, the sustainable fuel topic is a fantastic one, and I think would be great for Formula 1. We need to find ways to reduce the cars even more, because [reducing] the weight of the cars has been a positive impact in terms of the racing and the drivability, being able to fight close with one another.<\/p>\n
“If you look at the ‘glory days’ of Formula 1 20 years ago where everyone says they were the best cars ever – and I still agree they were probably the coolest cars we ever saw in Formula 1 in the early 2000s – there was no overtaking at all. So it’s something we need to remember and we need to think about for the next time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n