'Rookie race' plan delayed by Formula 1 bosses

Formula 1 bosses person delayed a program to big an end-of-season contention for aspiring drivers until astatine slightest 2025.

The idea, dubbed the 'rookie race', was to big a sprint-type lawsuit astatine the post-season trial successful Abu Dhabi to springiness young drivers a amended accidental to show their qualifications to contention successful F1.

But a gathering of the F1 Commission connected Wednesday decided that much clip was needed to guarantee the thought worked arsenic efficaciously arsenic possible.

A connection from the FIA said: "While the conception received wide support, it was determined that, owed to timing and organisational constraints, the lawsuit would not instrumentality spot successful 2024, and discussions would proceed to formulate a imaginable conception and program for 2025."

Teams, governing assemblage the FIA and commercialized rights holder Liberty Media - the 3 parties that comprise the F1 Commission - agreed that determination was a feeling the program was being rushed.

Among the concerns was the load imposed connected squad members who volition already person done the longest play successful past and would beryllium forced to enactment retired successful Abu Dhabi aft the last contention for this caller event.

There are besides implications connected freight and different logistics, arsenic good arsenic however the lawsuit would beryllium televised, and ensuring it was appealing for immoderate audience.

There is nary warrant that the lawsuit volition instrumentality spot successful 2025 but the volition is that it will.

The thought for the contention arose retired of wide interest that young drivers get small accidental to beryllium their worthy successful F1 machinery due to the fact that of the limitations connected investigating that person been imposed successful caller years connected outgo grounds.

A contention for young drivers successful modern cars conscionable days aft the last expansive prix of the play successful determination could supply an effectual mode for teams to measure the abilities of drivers.

The latest thought had been that would beryllium that determination would beryllium a shorter qualifying league and contention of akin magnitude to those added into the format for 'sprint' weekends.

Among different subjects discussed astatine the F1 Commission, it was agreed to revise the 2026 regulations, which diagnostic large changes to some chassis and engines, to summation the cars' expected aerodynamic performance.

This comes aft teams expressed concerns that the 2026 cars would beryllium excessively slow, and follows collaboration enactment betwixt the FIA and the teams.

In addition, revisions to some the sporting and fiscal regulations were agreed - connected the sporting broadside "seeking to simplify their structure" and connected the fund headdress rules to "provide a competitory equilibrium betwixt sporting fairness and fiscal sustainability".

No details were provided.