FIA to release new engine rules later this week. F1 has been debating the new rules that will come into effect in 2021.

Formula One has been debating the new rules that will come into effect in 2021 along with a new Concorde Agreement. And while the talks, negotiations and arguments have been long and at times heated, FIA Formula One Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent Starter and head of the F1 Technical Department Charlie Whiting confirmed that the FIA will release the new rules during the current week, ahead of the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix:

“It is very complicated” – Charlie Whiting said, as reported by the British media earlier today – “There’s meeting after meeting after meeting going on these things, and the reports I get on this appear to be very detailed, so they are going into fine detail. So I am fairly confident that it is getting to the end of that process, and at the end of that process, we will have a far more detailed idea of what the power units will be in 2021.” – the FIA Formula 1 director explained.

At the same time Charlie Whiting refuted suggestions that the FIA’s end of June deadline was set in order to allow the teams more opportunities to discuss the rules at the upcoming World Motor Sport Council meeting: “Not necessarily. It was just a date that we felt that was necessary to get it done by. It might get talked about, but it’s not connected with the Strategy Group. The manufacturers are involved in it, that’s why it’s taking quite a long time because they are to-ing and fro-ing on everything.” – FIA Formula One Race Director Charlie Whiting concluded.