Ferrari warns over concessions for potential new Formula 1 manufacturers. Ferrari unsure on concessions for potential new F1 manufacturers.

During the last few months, Formula 1 stakeholders have held several discussions regarding the future of the sport’s next generation of power units and how they will look like upon their planned introduction from the 2026 season, as the major agreement so far is the removal of the MGU-H.

This aspect has led to interest from VW brands Porsche and Audi, with discussions continuing regarding other potential concessions in order to ensure that any incoming manufacturers are not uncompetitive against rivals who can rely on much more experience with the existing turbo hybrids.

Scuderia Ferrari Team Principapl Mattia Binotto admitted that while any newcomer would “need to start from scratch” and that there could be extra allowance for CapEx investments, he did not feel this should also apply to the operational side:

“On other resources like dyno hours or OpEx, I’m not too sure [about concessions]” – the Ferrari boss explained – “If you are a newcomer, you’ve got an advantage on the fact that you are only focused on the new development, while we as current manufacturers need to split our effort into the current running operations and what will be the new one. I think that removing the MGU-H, which has been agreed, implies that it’s a brand new project for everybody. So it’s starting from scratch for everybody, and I don’t feel that they’ve got a disadvantage. I think they’ve got skills on renewable fuel. They’ve got skills on electrical. I’m not too sure they are lacking the competencies to challenge the current manufacturers.” – Mattia Binotto added.

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Newly-appointed Porsche vice-president of motorsport, Thomas Laudenbach, recently confirmed that conditions for an Formula 1 entry were “coming true”, but warned it cannot “wait too long” to decide on a potential entry.

Porsche has been weighing up involvement in Formula 1 for a number of years, and even went as far as beginning an engine project for 2021 before plans were scrapped to overhaul the regulations.