The Ferrari, Audi and Aston Martin teams have filed a joint lawsuit with the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) over the advantage that Mercedes and Red Bull may have in the 2026 season under the new technical regulations, The Race reports.

In 2026, Formula 1 will switch to new technical regulations, which provide for a reduction in the fuel compression ratio in power plants from 18:1 to 16:1. This indicator will be monitored off the track.

According to the source, Mercedes and Red Bull have found a way to pass the tests while maintaining the actual race compression ratio at 18:1. This could give teams an advantage of 0.3-0.4 seconds per lap.

— The regulations clearly define the maximum compression ratio and the method for measuring it, based on static conditions at ambient temperature. This procedure remains unchanged despite the reduction in the permissible compression ratio for 2026, the FIA ​​said in a statement.

The FIA ​​does not intend to change the regulations at least until the tests are carried out. Teams are allowed to update their power unit designs every six races of the season.

The British driver of the McLaren team, Lando Norris, received the Formula 1 championship cup for winning the individual competition of the 2025 season, the series press service reports.

The FIA ​​Awards ceremony took place in Tashkent.

The capital of Uzbekistan is hosting the FIA ​​General Assembly, which held elections for the organization’s president on Friday. President Mohammed bin Sulayem was re-elected to a second four-year term. Ben Sulayem took part in the awards ceremony for Norris and other FIA Awards winners.

On Sunday, 26-year-old Norris finished third in the final race of the 2025 season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and won the championship title for the first time in his career, ending the four-year hegemony of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. In the team competition (Constructors’ Championship), McLaren won.

A street in the British county of Somerset has been renamed in honor of the 2025 Formula 1 champion, British McLaren driver Lando Norris, reports crash.net

Norris was born in Bristol and attended school in Street, Somerset. The pedestrian area at Clark’s Village in the Street is now Lando Lane and new signage has already been installed.

“Lando is a local hero, and we are all very happy that he became a world champion.” He spent his early years here in Somerset and it was during this period of his life that he took up karting, a path that would eventually lead him to become the best in Formula One,” said facility director Chris Davies.

On Sunday, 26-year-old Norris took third place in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race and won the championship title for the first time in his career, breaking the hegemony of Max Verstappen from Red Bull.