2026 F1 Power Unit Sound: Honda
Enjoy this short clip posted by Honda Racing on YouTube.
It gives you a little preview of what F1 power units will sound like with the new regulations in the 2026 F1 season.
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Nice sound from a dyno run.
With 50% of the motive-power required to come from an electric motor, what will it sound like? I suspect using the electrical portion will be coincidental - meaning they combustion engine and electric motor will be used simultaneously - but for a far greater portion of a given lap, than in the past.
How automated will it be? Does the driver now have to juggle that strategic component as well, during a race? What happens in the heat of the moment, to make that pass the driver leans on the battery a bit too much, and hits the final straight with little or no power left?
I'm not convinced the juice is worth the squeeze.
Scalextric springs to mind
Just when Euro governments are going to reverse the ban on icu’s for road cars.
ICE’s, stupid computers.
Agreed, it's looking likely we'll be able to hear new V8's howling through the tunnels of the Alps without dumb electric motor assistance, yet F1 cars will be stuck in 2010's.