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F1 drivers have become hostages to AI
F1 drivers have become hostages to the AI underpinning the 2026 power units, with results being decided by computers either behaving or misbehaving.
Nowhere was this more exposed than at Spa, host of the Belgian GP. Everyone knew that this was a worst-case scenario circuit for these regulations, as energy-starved 2026 F1 cars plus long straights and high-speed corners is a painful combination.
But the energy demands of Spa exposed a wider issue with the current rules that is more alarming for drivers, as they're fearing they're becoming beholden to algorithms that are deciding when and where to deploy energy around the lap.
00:00 Drivers now hostage to AI
02:33 Down to luck?
06:04 The problem won't go away
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