Formula 1 will not go ahead with plans to hold a one-off, non-championship race for rookies at the end of this year.
However the concept remains under discussion and could be introduced at the end of the 2025 F1 season.
Several F1 team bosses indicated support for the idea last month. The tentative plan involved each team entering a single car for one rookie driver in a post-season sprint race following the end-of-year test at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi.
The race could have seen the likes of Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Jack Doohan, both of whom will make their F1 debuts next year, participate. Ferrari’s Oliver Bearman could have been ruled eligible to appear, as he has only made two F1 starts as a substitute.
However the F1 Commission agreed today to postpone the plan, citing a shortage of time between now and the end of the season in little more than two months.
“The concept of a “rookie race” to be added to the 2024 post-season test schedule at Abu Dhabi was discussed,” said the FIA in a statement. “While the concept received widespread support, it was determined that due to timing and organisational constraints, the event would not take place in 2024, and discussions will continue to formulate a potential concept and plan for 2025.”
The commission also agreed changes to F1’s new regulations for 2026, which the World Motor Sport Council will discuss in two weeks’ time.
The technical rules have been revised and now envisage “an increase of the expected aerodynamic performance of the cars.” Some teams had expressed concerns the revised rules planned for 2026 would make the cars too slow in corners.
“Significant” changes have also been made to the 2026 sporting regulations. An allowance has been made for nine days of pre-season testing, compared to just three this year.
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