The 2022 season has been a season of changes. There have been few occasions where the sport has witnessed such vast switches. Now as things stand, FIA to hold a meeting with the teams to avoid a “mirror war” incurred due to new changes in the structure of the car.

The FIA has called up a meeting to discuss the mirror that F1 Challenger has on their structure. There isn’t much use of the mirrors lately, this led the teams to use them for aerodynamic advantages. Mercedes, being one of them, has developed their mirror in such a way that will boost their aerodynamic performances.

Red Bull Racing’s team principal had his fair share of thoughts on this. The Briton conveyed, “You certainly don’t want a mirror war. Over the past ten years, the function of the mirrors and whether they become wings or not has been discussed very often during these meetings. That is probably not the intention. It will be discussed and resolved in the TAC meeting”

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The F1 Technical Advisory Committee to hold the meeting on Tuesday. F1’s chief technical boss Nikolas Tombazis further stated on this, “The aerodynamic influence must be the result of the main function. Any design aimed at maximizing aerodynamic impact is prohibited.”

Why there is so much change in F1 this year?

The sport has been quite one-sided for the last few years. To take an example, Mercedes has been the undisputed winner since the hybrid era. The German team won eight out of eight constructors’ championships in the last eight years. With two Mercedes drivers taking home seven driver’s championships.

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To go into more detail, in the last 12 years, Red Bull and Mercedes have picked up 12 out of 12 constructor’s championships (Mercedes 8, Red Bull 4) as well as 12 out of 12 drivers championship (Mercedes 7, Red Bull 5). Even in 2021, the title battles were between Mercedes and Red Bull and between Hamilton and Verstappen.

Moreover, big teams, such as Mercedes, Red Bull, and Ferrari used to spend around $400 million each year, whereas teams like Haas could barely manage $100 million. Hence, to create a level playing field, FIA introduced a strict budget cap of $145 Million last year, which is further reduced to $140Million now. With all these changes, the new 2022 cars will now, literally and figuratively, be closer to each other.

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The new cars are a lot different from that of 2021. They’ve bigger wheels, different wings. They are better aerodynamically, as they produce less dirty air. Now, it’ll be interesting to see if these changes can bring the competition back again. Only time will tell.