I have a thought that i should probably try to put in a short question ...
Road cars as it stands with planned laws and regulations are going to be replaced by electric cars in the long run.
F1 has often claimed to be leading when it comes to tech, but realistically not much of the current PU tech has made it into road cars, the only ones that come to mind are some high priced models by Mercedes where they rather used it for marketing, no idea whether anyone actually went out to buy a mass produced hybrid because F1 has the ERS system.
The plans for the engines from 2026 onwards are to drop the MGU-H but to increase the Power from the K.
The carbon footprint of the cars driving around in 20 odd races a year is probably negligible in the grand scheme of things, even compared to freight and fan movement.
Seb recently drove an old car on e fuel, so he knows it works.
The old cars undeniably sound better than the current ones, Formula-E doesn't sound like anything.
I guess the question would be whether F1 should continue to get more electrified, following the trend in road cars, or shouldn't F1 potentially even go back to ICE only, to be the polar opposite especially once people won't be able to buy and drive cars with combustion engines - giving the sport a bit of a special status.
Something like that ... i guess one could put that in a more eloquent question.
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