Alonso not keen on V10 revival: ‘We’re in a different world now’

Drivers and team bosses talk potential V10 F1 return

Before the start of the season, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem entertained the idea of F1 returning to V10 engines. The stakeholders of F1 have discussed the possibility of bringing the V10 engines back to life by 2028. V10s last appeared in 2006, when Toro Rosso ran them among the V8-running teams. That year, Red Bull purchased the Minardi team and inherited their right to use V10s due to financial problems. The MF1 team boss questioned the…

Fernando Alonso loves bygone V10 F1 era, but hybrid is much better

F1 driver, Fernando Alonso wants F1 to look to the hybrid future, instead of the past, as rumours swirl about Formula One adopting V10 engines in 2029.

Why Alonso is wrong about F1 return to V10’s

Formula One was thrown a curve ball in January this year, when the FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, threw his weight behind the sport returning to more conventional engine power. This echoed suggestions made by F1’s CEO, Stefano Domenicali, who upon the announcement of the final hybrid specifications for the 2026 power units last June,…

As the debate escalates, Zak Brown points out that the transition to hybrid engines has already begun, with a target of 2026. With millions invested and engine manufacturers committed, returning to V10s would be a near-impossible revolution.

The arrival of the new regulation of 2026 keeps a constant rush on the changes that may arrive in the Formula 1 of the future. Among them are the rumors about the possibility of the V10 engines returning, those with which the single-seaters squealed at all pills in the big circuits until their disappearance in 2005, something that fans do seem to want... and that Fernando Alonso completely discards. That is the position of the Asturian pilot col…

Alonso not keen on V10 revival: ‘We’re in a different world now’

©AstonMartin Phillip van Osten 30/03/2025 at 12:2430/03/2025 at 10:56 Fernando Alonso has weighed in decisively against F1’s idea of re-introducing normally aspirated V10 engines into the sport, suggesting that such a move would steer Grand Prix racing “against its time”. Despite being the only driver on the current grid to have raced in...