[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":38},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-the-2026-f1-season-makes-history-and-its-not-about-lap-times":3},{"article":4,"tags":19},{"id":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"status":8,"publication_date":9,"picture":10,"content":11,"author":12,"seo_title":13,"seo_description":14,"seo_keywords":15,"category":16,"tags":17},94,"The 2026 F1 season makes history and it's not about lap times","the-2026-f1-season-makes-history-and-its-not-about-lap-times","published","2026-03-25T08:16:40Z","https:\u002F\u002Fapipy-site.carbontool.com\u002Fmedia\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F03\u002F25\u002Fimg_Articol_LinkedIn_CT_F1.png","\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">For the first time ever, all cars on the Formula 1 grid are running on 100% Advanced Sustainable Fuel. This is not a pilot programme, but the new regulation, mandated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for all power unit manufacturers from this season onwards.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body\"> \u003C\u002Fh3>\r\n\u003Ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: black;\">Where does the fuel actually come from?\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">F1's Advanced Sustainable Fuel is produced from three main pathways: carbon capture (taking CO₂ directly from the air or industrial emissions), municipal waste and non-food biomass. Nothing in the fuel comes from crude oil, every molecule of carbon must originate from a non-fossil source, verified back to the feedstock. All fuels must deliver a greenhouse gas saving of at least 65%, and the production process itself must be powered by renewable electricity.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">These are \"drop-in\" fuels, meaning they are designed to replace fossil fuel equivalents without requiring any adjustment to the engine. They would work in road cars, which is precisely what makes the F1 switch significant beyond motorsport. The same technology is scalable to conventional transport.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: black;\">Why does this matter beyond the racetrack?\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">The fuel transition is part of a broader 2026 regulatory reset that also reshapes how power units work, with a new 50\u002F50 split between internal combustion and electric power, up from 80\u002F20 previously. Taken together, these changes signal something larger, namely that high-performance engineering and decarbonisation are no longer competing priorities.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;\">At CarbonTool, we work every day with the same underlying question this regulation tries to answer. How do you make a sustainability claim verifiable, not just plausible? F1's fuel framework offers a concrete example of fixed feedstock categories, renewable production requirements and a minimum 65% emissions saving that must be proven, with supply chain documentation tracing back to the source material, not just the production facility. That level of traceability is exactly where the real work begins.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"> \u003C\u002Fp>","CarbonTool","What F1 2026 Reveals About Sustainable Fuel","\u003Cp data-start=\"105\" data-end=\"262\">The 2026 F1 season marks a first: every car runs on 100% advanced sustainable fuel, proving performance and decarbonisation can align.\u003C\u002Fp>",null,1,[18],2,[20,23,26,30,34],{"id":16,"title":21,"slug":22},"Product","policy",{"id":18,"title":24,"slug":25},"Global Warming","global-warming",{"id":27,"title":28,"slug":29},3,"Policy","insights",{"id":31,"title":32,"slug":33},4,"Newsletter","product",{"id":35,"title":36,"slug":37},6,"Events","events",1781037849840]