Overview
- The FIA World Motor Sport Council, which approved the package on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, said the rules will take effect for the 2027 season and require teams to change how they run factories and records.
- Regulations set strict physical and digital boundaries inside team sites, tighten access controls for factories and IT systems, and restrict shared use of wind tunnels, simulators and test benches.
- New personnel controls include a minimum three‑month gardening leave for staff moving into F1 from other company programs and separation windows of up to 12 months for some moves away from F1.
- The rules are likely to hit manufacturers with multi‑category programs hardest, with Alpine/ Renault, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Cadillac, McLaren/Ford and Toyota/Haas singled out by media as most affected.
- Observers note the measures are preventive and that past enforcement — notably Red Bull's 2021 breach and fine — leaves open questions about whether monitoring and penalties will deter deliberate budget‑cap circumvention and raise costs for team operations.