Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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There is no doubt that V8 engines are coming back to F1. But exactly what that plan looks like is being shaped right now.

The Race's Jon Noble was among a select group of media who got to hear FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's idea for a brand new, fully independent F1 engine builder for the V8 switch in the 2030s.

Ben Anderson joins Jon in our latest video to delve into the proposal, how it might work, the past precedents and everything else Ben Sulayem revealed.

00:00 A brand new engine builder
01:15 Is there any substance?
02:20 What this means for teams
04:44 The market forces problem
06:34 Previous failed attempts
08:49 What else we learned

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