2025/2026 Hybrid Powerunit speculation

[Tommy Cookers]

IIRC there was a rule (B.A.R. ? c.2000 ?) that banned any rotational interconnection between the front wheels

so maybe 2 chassis-mounted axial-flux gearhead machines each with its own driveshaft to its own front wheel
each somewhat integral with its own (inboard) friction brake and clearly common only at the ES

the ES and the CEs and their cooling systems will be bigger ... and again ....
these 'lighter' A-F machines will be harder to accelerate ie 'heavier' (they are bigger stores of mechanical energy)

[wuzak]

IIRC there was a rule (B.A.R. ? c.2000 ?) that banned any rotational interconnection between the front wheels

Benetton had a front diff and axles in 1999 for torque transfer as well.