Ex-F1 team boss lashes out on the sport for absolute tractors of cars in 2024
Former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan found it shameful to see the weight of F1 cars increase drastically in the past decade.
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Formula 1 is the pinnacle of motorsport with the fastest cars on the grid. However, the weight of F1 cars has increased rapidly since the start of the Turbo Hybrid era in 2014. A decade since, F1 cars now weigh a minimum of 798kg (1759 pounds). Former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan slammed the sport for this increase.
Jordan pointed out that with fuel, current cars almost touch 1000kg (2200 pounds) in weight. In the past fifteen years, 200kg have been added to the cars’ weight. Jordan labeled the current cars as massively overweight ‘tractors’ which in turn hamper racing on-track.
They are tractors. They’re 1000 kilograms, massively overweight.
Eddie Jordan said on Formula For Success podcast
Moreover, the Irishman hit out at F1 and the FIA. Eddie Jordan claimed that it was shameful to see that the organizers and stakeholders not taking enough action to find a solution for this issue. The 76-year-old asserted that he hated them for it.
Shame on the regulations, shame on the organizers, and shame on the people deeply involved in F1. I absolutely hate them for it.
Eddie Jordan asserted
Eddie Jordan slams F1’s ‘cowardly’ approach to regulations
F1 will be bringing a massive rule shake-up in 2026 with cars going down to 768kg (1693 pounds) in weight. There would also be a 50/50 split in power output from ICE and electrical components. However, this was not enough to satisfy Eddie Jordan. The Irishman insisted that the sport has taken too cowardly of an approach for its future.
We’re too cowardly, what’s going on at the moment, whether it’s regulations or it’s this that and the other.
Eddie Jordan added
It remains to be seen if the 2026 cars can tackle the current problems of the sport. Before criticizing the new rules, fans should wait and see how things pan out. The sport has planned to try and reduce the weight of cars in the coming years.
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