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F1 power units explained: The five elements, allocations and grid penalties

A 2026 Formula 1 power unit is a five-element package, built by one of five manufacturers, and rationed by the FIA: every ...

F1’s Growing Engine AI Controversy Explained

F1's new power units have an AI component and McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has been quite vocal about how that has affected ...
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F1 drivers raise concerns over 'self-learning' power units – what's going on?

At Spa, Piastri concluded that F1 grids in 2026 are partly being decided by "computers behaving or misbehaving". But what is ...
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Why F1 drivers are being beaten by their own power units

McLaren suspects Oscar Piastri's deficit to team-mate Lando Norris has "nothing to do with his driving", and everything with its Formula 1 power unit algorithms. Piastri qualified two tenths behind ...
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Piastri explains why Formula 1's 2026 power units can make drivers feel like 'passengers'

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has admitted that Formula 1's new-generation power units can sometimes leave drivers feeling ...