Todt: New regulations need to be a step backwards

FIA president Jean Todt believes that the next set of Formula One regulations need to look at taking a step backwards in order to make the sport more accessible to fans. A proposed measure would be the removal of the MGU-H from power units.

Many teams have criticised plans to get rid of the MGU-H however Todt believes it could be what is necessary to make Formula One more cost-efficient and exciting.

“It’s a beautiful piece of art, of technology, but I hear well that it’s maybe not what the fans are expecting.

“It’s not something that is absolutely needed to have a good championship.

“So I think it’s important that we can learn out of it, and propose something which is supposed to be more simple.

“For me motorsport, and I have been saying that every time, is on one side a show, but it is not enough.

“It has to be also a laboratory. A laboratory for the manufacturers, a laboratory for the teams, and a laboratory which can then be profitable on road cars as much as we can. And it is what is happening.

“Saying that, if you think that it has been maybe a bit too far, you must be prepared to go a bit backwards.

“At the end of the day I’m sure that over the years the engine will be even more efficient without MGU-H.”