F1 is reportedly trying to shoehorn one of this year's cancelled races onto the back end of the 2025 calendar, a logistical scramble that says plenty about how thin the margins are on the current schedule.
The louder story, though, is the growing backlash to the 2027 power unit rules — and it's only four rounds old. Reader Dex's comment of the day captures the mood: by floating mid-season tweaks before the formula has even launched, F1 has essentially conceded the electrification push isn't producing the racing it promised. Drivers managing batteries instead of attacking corners. F2 looking like the purer driving challenge. Gimmicks layered on gimmicks.
For American fans who only just bought in during the Drive to Survive boom, this matters. Miami, Austin and Vegas need a product that feels like F1, not a software demo. 2027 suddenly looks less like a reset and more like a referendum.
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