Anthony Hamilton, father of seven-time Formulation 1 champion Lewis, has unveiled plans for a brand new motorsport collection – referred to as HybridV10 – to “broaden alternative and accessibility” on the high stage of racing.
The collection guarantees two totally different divisions in a HybridV10 championship and a parallel HybridV8 class. There are plans for twenty-four groups throughout the 2 classes, doubtlessly providing alternatives for 48 race seats; a begin date for the championship has been pencilled in for both 2028 or 2029.
Plans for the collection additionally display a need to extend the worth of fan suggestions, together with offering instructional and employment alternatives, an entry route for sim racers to maneuver into real-world racing, and prioritising driver expertise over funding alternatives.
Though a technical format has but to be decided apart from the define of the powertrains in every automotive, the championships promise price controls and the power for producers to change into concerned.
Studying between the traces, its assertion that each staff will start with “the identical basis” suggests a centralised chassis with the power for groups to implement their very own developments, with out continuing right into a know-how warfare.
The collection guarantees to develop a central “HybridV10 Campus” containing a “Centre of Excellence” – which accommodates amenities for all groups, engineering programmes, simulators and driver coaching instruments, plus schooling pathways and apprenticeships for these seeking to begin their profession in motorsport.
A draft system is a part of the proposal, not solely to pick drivers, but additionally for staff personnel. Like F1, drivers have to accrue sufficient “Hybrid Tremendous Licence” factors to realize entry to the draft. The entry barrier has been set at a excessive stage, requiring any drivers to be over 20 and have both completed within the high three in any top-level racing class, maintain an F1 superlicence, or have fulfilled an F1 reserve driver function.
Nevertheless, the in-house superlicence construction additionally permits drivers to earn factors in different methods, both by race outcomes or in simulator/testing performances, schooling/technical data, health, and professionalism.
The collection can be seeking to implement its personal governance system, labelled the Hybrid World Fee, to supervise all components from the rules, stewarding, security requirements, and to handle the opposite add-ons that the collection goals to offer.
Moreover, there may be scope for fan interplay utilizing the collection’ “This Isn’t Proper” mechanism: permitting followers to “constructively increase issues relating to sporting equity, security, or procedural integrity throughout any HybridV10 competition occasion”.
The discharge from the collection additionally outlines a three-day “competition” occasion, utilizing Friday to showcase know-how, innovation, and schooling alternatives, Saturday for the HybridV8 collection’ operating, and Sunday for the HybridV10 class.
It has recommended {that a} 12-round calendar can be carried out world wide, visiting all main continents in a loop to incorporate new or rising motorsport markets, and construct its profile and curiosity globally.
“That is an early-stage construct, being developed intentionally and correctly,” Hamilton acknowledged. “Extra element together with how individuals could be concerned from the start can be shared all through January.
“I can construct this alone, however I would fairly construct it along with the followers and people who wish to form the way forward for a brand new motorsport platform.”
The collection will work all through 2026 in trying to construct its viewers and make progress with potential staff house owners, earlier than finalising the general technical package deal forward of a projected testing interval in 2027.
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