Two-time world champion, Fernando Alonso continues his criticism of the 2026 regulations.

While Mohammed ben Sulayem considers his options in terms of keeping the Spaniard in the sport, Alonso is not exactly helping the situation as he continues with his controversial rhetoric.

Though others appear to have accepted the new regulations - or been persuaded to keep their mouths shut - the Spaniard continues to criticise what the new engine formula is doing to F1.

"Silverstone, an incredible track, is no longer fun," he told reporters in Baku. "Spa was almost embarrassing going through Eau Rouge, Suzuka, the 130R... these are circuits that have been assassinated this year."

However, no doubt aware that he might be throttling the living daylights out of the golden goose, he admitted that there remains hope.

"With the learnings from this year, there's still maybe some scope, to learn from those and have better sport next year," he added. "Those were my comments in Madrid, my comments in Australia, my comments in Barcelona, and every single race. And that's my conversation that is ongoing with Stefano or Mohammed."

While, (former) fellow critic, Max Verstapepn described F1 2026 as "Formula E on steroids", Alonso has called it the "battery world championship".

"We all come from junior formulas," he said today, "from karting, F3, F2, that we drive within this driver instinct, to go fast, attacking the corners and taking some risk.

"Then you get to F1, and you need to rewind a little bit what you learned in the last twenty years of your career, you need to drive a different method. That is only happening in F1. There's no series in motorsport that you need to drive slow to go fast!"

While the FIA president hasn't explained how he might assist Alonso is his bid to keep him in the sport, along with Honda, the Spaniard continues to mull his future - or at least, ever the politician, claims he is mulling his future in a bid to see what concessions might be agreed upon.

"We are less competitive than the grid, yes," he said, "but I don't think that's the critical point for me to make a decision. Next year, there is a change already with the 60-40 ratio and that will improve things. But maybe there are more things that we need to think about to keep improving things. That's the way I see it."