By JAMES ELLINGWORTH, AP Sports Writer

Next year, Formula 1 will see one of its biggest changes in a generation.

Sweeping new regulations will change how cars look, sound and run. The goal is to make them more “agile, competitive, safer and more sustainable,” governing body FIA says. Some teams all but abandoned their 2025 car designs early this year in search of the biggest boost they could get in 2026.

The Associated Press spoke with Nikolas Tombazis, who is overseeing the transition to the new rules as the director for single-seater racing series at the FIA, to explain how the changes will affect the action on track and what could still change.

Show Caption 1 of 4 Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur is on the pit wall before the first free practice ahead of the Italian G

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