The technical and sporting regulations that will govern the way all teams go racing in 2026 were finalised earlier this week. But behind the scenes work is undergoing to optimise the way the series will present certain elements to fans in order to ensure utmost clarity.

With the introduction of all-new core systems, the FIA feared the new names would cause confusion among fans, and thus finds itself trying to simplify them into easier to digest terminology.

Upon introducing active aerodynamics, for instance, a concept where the flaps of the front and rear wings' positions are changed to improve straightline speed or cornering speed, FIA and F1 have decided to move away from the system's original names - X mode and Y mode respectively - to straightline mode and cornering mode, but these are also set to be dropped.

FIA's Single-Seater Director Nikolas Tombazis insisted on the necessity of unified terminology that could become adopted by teams, drivers, analysts and in the official regulations that could be understood by the fans as well.

“We are revising some of the terminology of this because we want to make it clear that we want to make it simple for the fans to understand what's happening,” Tombazis said.

It is understood that the current name of the overtake-aiding artifice that will be replacing DRS as of 2026 will also be dropped. The 'Manual Override System' and its acronym, MOM, is being looked at, with indications that the preferred term would most likely be 'overtake' mode.

This is different to the energy bursts cars will deploy down the straights, which points to being known as 'boost' mode.

Regarding the active aerodynamic systems, it is likely the series will change the terminology and simply call it 'active aero'. What the official names, though, is not yet known.

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