Allison: New regs ‘dwarf’ any other changes in F1 history

Mercedes chief technical officer James Allison believes that the new technical regulations that are being introduced this season “dwarf” any other changes in Formula 1 history, and he believes that some teams could get it completely wrong.

The Silver Arrows go into the 2022 Formula 1 season as defending Constructors’ World Champions having beaten Red Bull to the title last season. The team has dominated the hybrid era of Formula 1 since it was introduced in 2014.

Speaking to the Mercedes YouTube channel ahead of the 2022 season, Allison said: “We’ve been buried in them [regulations] and the reality of making them real for so long, that it’s easy to forget sometimes just what a massive set of regulation changes these 2022 rules represent.

“I’ve been working in the sport for over 30 years and they dwarf anything else I’ve ever seen. I suspect if I were to dig out Wikipedia and go through every season of the sport that there’s ever been, there would be nothing to match the scale of the change that comes with 2022.

New year, new car, new era of Formula One! A lot has changed for F1 2022…

In episode one of our new series, James Allison sets the scene for us, talking through just how significant these regulation changes are…

— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) January 24, 2022

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