Racing in the rain

Full wet tires might be the least useful item in the whole F1 paddock. When it's wet enough to use them, the tails of spray coming from the cars usually mean visibility is too poor to race.

That's partly because of the aerodynamic floors on the current cars. So the next generation could potentially mean more wet racing.

"I would be lying if I said that we had complete confidence about how the cars will perform in the rain in terms of spray and visibility," Tombazis said, adding the FIA wants to stop a repeat of the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix, when no green-flag racing was possible.

"When spectators pay a lot of money to spend the whole weekend sitting in attendance to watch a race, and then, eventually they have to go home (after very limited racing), that is absolutely terrible," he said. "There's a number of projects which are being evaluated in order to minimize the chance of that ever happening again, and I think there are some promising trends."

Agencies Via Xinhua