fastest growing fan _ demographic, 18 to 24—year—old. but what will this ever—more—popular sport look like in the future? it's not a problem of demand. demand will be there. if it's not there, we're going to find it. i predict there'll be technology in ten years we're talking about that doesn't even exist today. the debate is already taking shape. what formula 1 must do is make sure it doesn't lose that entertainment value. i don't want to be too much conservative. i like new ideas. from how it is consumed... a want and desire of the world to have smaller and smaller bite—sized elements that they can then dig into. ..to how it is governed... motorsport people are inherently impatient. ..on everything, from sustainability... what i want to see in ten years is sustainability— as part of everyday practices. ..the role of artificial intelligence... you'll never replace the human. you need that racer instinct. ..and who drives the cars.

i know it's possible for a woman- to race in formula 1. it isjust for us to shape ourfuture. formula 1. for more than 70 years, the ultimate test of speed, automotive innovation and bravery. these are the reasons we watch it, and for the fact that it looks great — in colour and in shape, in sound and emotion. the past decade has seen the romance turn to glamour as a generation of younger fans, newly engaged territories and inspiring personalities have all catapulted the sport to the status of a cultural phenomenon. what didn't get me into racing was electric and quietness, you know? it was loudness and scary and an element of fear.

we've really seen this kind of pick up in terms of f1 becoming really like a four quadrant kind of sport, you know, for males and females. do i think the entertainment for our sport _ will continue to grow? 100%. you know. — our sport's fascinating. there's no other car on the planet that changes direction like a formula 1 car. and that makes it exciting. we are not any more believing to compete with, i don't know, another sport with four wheels. come on, think big. in ten years' time, can you imagine? to find outjust where f1 is heading, we've met the fans feeding its rapid rise around the world, visited the heart of motorsport valley and spoken to the personalities key to shaping its future. there's a wall here, there's a barrier here, and who's going to take the most risk and push up to that? and i think that's also what makes racing, racing. there are plenty of brand—new racing locations to illustrate f1�*s modern era, such as las vegas or miami, so we thought we'd come to a track that's over 100 years old, but still remains

one of the best for racing — spa in belgium. what got you into formula 1? are you a big formula 1 fan? it is notjust an event, it's an experience. it's really lovely. i'm enjoying it so much. incredible. really, really incredible. i really enjoyed my weekend, so i'm super happy. - the fans seem to love the action on show, but the teams' only real concern is results. so how will formula i combine the racing with the spectacle its fans demand? there's always storylines. there's always controversy. there's politics on track, off track. so i think the sport will continue to grow in its entertainment value. we need to have cars with a reasonably close performance to each other. we don't want to make overtaking too easy, to keep it as fun as possible.

motorsport needs the sound, an element, a smell. - pure competition. the best of the best. teams have to maximise the performance. they are not interested in the show. people want to see heroes and we need to make sure that the heroes have the right tools to make sure that these kind of things is possible on track. it's really interesting what you said about the sound and the smell. do you think there's a little bit of a lack of that now? we've gone to hybrid . and all of these things, which i think is what's needed at this point in time _ in the world. but it doesn't mean- it's necessarily the future of what it has to be. i don't think everything is i going to have to be electric. and if you have a fuel, which i dream of one day can just run you back - with a v12 or a v10 or whatever, - you feel it more. it sounds scarier. it looks scarier. much has been said about max verstappen�*s domination of the sport since his first title win in 2021, and the dutchman has been pretty much unbeatable since. it's something that some feel removes the entertainment from a sport which has enjoyed several generations of fierce rivalry between

many of f1�*s legendary figures. but 2024 did see seven different drivers win at least two races each. we're under a cost cap, which created stability in the sport, financial stability and we needed it. the difference between good or bad is being defined by a tenth or maybe two. because you've got ten entities investing what they can to be absolutely on the leading edge. if you spoke to me in bahrain last year, where mclaren was out in 01 and we said, "they're going to be winning races 1—2 next year," you would have been laughed out of the room. and yet that is what's happening. and that's a sign of a good sport where a team can turn itself around to that position. i think the days of total domination are behind us. especially with a technology sport, the more you spend, the more lap time you're going to ultimately find. so i think now that that's been capped and all ten teams are very healthy, i don't think you'll see a runaway like we've seen in the past. what has been always the case in our sport, | you live with cycles. and i think that we've passed through years _

where we had a dominant team, with a dominant driver, - without affecting - the nature of the sport. we try to rectify it with regulation. . how we can make the competition tighter and allow for the ones - that were behind _ to catch up in a smaller time. | in this case, the budget cap isj an element that is controlling, in the right way, _ the nature of the sport itself. it's 30 years since ayrton senna lost his life in a crash at the san marino grand prix, which forced through a new era of safety. it also saw the implementation of a number of measures which undoubtedly helped save lives, including the hans device and better protection around the cockpit. so what could happen in the next decade to make drivers even safer in the cars, but without compromising the racing we love? i've travelled to a place synonymous with success in the sport — mclaren�*s technology centre. mclaren�*s technology centre,

an architectural masterpiece in the south of england, was inaugurated 20 years ago, but it wouldn't look out of place in another 20. and it's home once again to one of the sport's fastest teams and fastest drivers. lando norris enjoyed a breakthrough season in 202a. the british driver was catapulted into a title battle with red bull's max verstappen, thanks to both mclaren�*s improved performance and his own superlative drives. what's changed here since 2019? 2019 was your first? everything. the atmosphere of work ethic and that feeling of what you kind of expect in f1 team to be. but i don't tell guys what to do. that's something i'm still a way away from. but the more you can help them understand things, the better. while norris might talk a humble game, as one ofjust 20 f1 drivers on the grid, he has a unique insight into how safety of formula 1 might develop in the next ten years. tell us about safety,

or what you think could or should happen, if anything, in the future of the sport. sadly, sometimes you've got to witness something for some things to change. it's a tough one because you want that risk, you want that fear. i think that's what makes it exciting and what people love. but you also never want things to go wrong. but we know, when i sign up for going out and risking my life, i still do that, knowing what some of the consequences can be every day. so if i was racing in a field and there was nothing, i wouldn't enjoy it as much. maybe a romantic view of the past that these guys competing are somehow gladiators or something. it's a thing of the past. we don't assign to that. we have to be as safe as possible. the next generation of cars, the 2026 cars, will be yet more resistant to side impact. the nose of the car will be able to absorb a big amount of energy in a longitudinal sense. if it hits the wall laterally, only a part of it breaks off, and another part remains to protect the driver for the subsequent impact.

in the next ten years, let's say, it will be more in what we call the active safety — how to hopefully prevent accidents in the first place. how are we going to maybe automatically warn other drivers, or maybe even slow down cars that are following, approaching an accident scene? when an accident does occur, one of the first people on track is formula 1 safety car driver bernd maylander. his is a role that plays a crucial part in the safety of anyone working at an f1 track. bernd, can you just tell us all about the safety car? talk us around this machine. it's a part of safety and a part of the sporting rules. so in my car, we arejust there to pick up the drivers, to slow them down, to guide them around the track in a safe way. the communication, it's very, very important. we have screens inside the car so we can see the race. gps mapping, we have the information — how many g—force is the accident? and i want to show you one thing. it's just a regular,

normal road car. but it's not. and if you see just all this extra equipment, that's the marshalling system, what is very important. so we integrate a lot of important safety stuff, also in the safety car. there's no sound system any more inside. so you just hear the engine. that's enough. this music — i love it. it's the best music. while it is acknowledged that f1 will never be 100% safe, better safety protocols at the track and the introduction of the halo head protection system have gone on to save several lives. and it was no more dramatically illustrated than by roman grosjean's escape from an inferno at the bahrain grand prix in 2020. grosjean himself largely credits the halo with saving his life that day. whoever the champions of the future will be, even if that's just max verstappen for another decade, one thing is a given —

the formula 1 grid, team garages and factories must be more diverse. i think it would be nice to have some female drivers, but of course it's a very male dominated sport. i know there's a lot of young girls that are in the go kart, you know, series coming up, but i would really love to see a female out here. you know, putting it to the boys. i would love to see i more diverse drivers. people of colour in thatl space will really step up to the challenge. massive fan of lewis hamilton and what he's done for diversity, both within formula 1 and beyond. if you have hundreds or thousands of boys and only, like, two or three girls, then, you know, the pyramid... we need more girls to start karting and then we'll get the girls into formula 1. engineers, mechanics, hopefully drivers of, l you know, different genders, different races, different - backgrounds, all are i battling it out for that world championship trophy, that i hope looks exactly the same. . a new charter inspired by lewis hamilton's recommendations commits formula 1 and all ten teams to improve diversity and inclusion.

it was ten years ago that i sat in a williams formula 1 car at the british grand prix and the german grand prix. i can certainly feel how much the sport has changed in those ten years. i think this idea that formula 1 was maybe for older males has been smashed on its head. just talk us through your role as managing director of f1 academy. i could never have guessed ten years ago there would be an all—female race series funded and run by formula 1. for me, it's about making sure the next generation is inspired to believe it's not a man's world, that we are creating the right opportunities and setting female talent up for success in the sport, because it's a very competitive environment, regardless of your gender. female participation in motorsport has never gone above 5%, so if you look at it as a pure numbers game, it will be very difficult for a woman to make it to the pinnacle of the sport because we simply don't have a big enough talent pool.

we are much more of a movement than a moment. we want to show that there are opportunities in this sport for women. we want to break down society's preconceptions that it's a man's world, that driving and racing cars are for boys. and so as much as it comes down to helping individual drivers and helping create opportunities for the various roles off track, it's also about creating those visible role models. because sometimes in life you have to see it to believe it. with britain's abbi pulling racing to stardom after dominating the 2024 f1 academy season, support for improved diversity in the sport is seemingly ubiquitous, from the drivers to the sport's bosses. the f1 academy project was done to make sure that we can allow, you know, girls at the beginning and women to grow and to be attracted by going to karting. if it's happening in 8,10, 12 years, i don't know because i have not a crystal ball, but it will happen.

my official title is - head of environment, social and governance. it's myjob to look. at the characteristics of formula 1 in terms of speed, in terms of passion, _ but apply it into . our environmental and social impact. what can we as formula 1 uniquely do when we talk| about what is our- contribution to society? it's looking at the face of formula 1 in termsl of the wide range of roles where you have science, i technology, engineering i and mathematics in action. the initiatives that - the initiatives that - we're putting in place today we're putting in place today are to set up the career paths. are to set up the career paths. of tomorrow so that we can help of tomorrow so that we can help build that pipeline i build that pipeline i so that, in ten years, so that, in ten years, there is a different face there is a different face of formula 1. _ of formula 1. _ this is a very inclusive sport this is a very inclusive sport and everybody room still to grow. and everybody is welcome to participate. is welcome to participate. and i think what we need to be and i think what we need to be doing now is seizing doing now is seizing the opportunity, you know, the opportunity, you know, when the netflix dad comes up when the netflix dad comes up to me and says, "my daughter to me and says, "my daughter loves formula 1," that we show loves formula 1," that we show that there's a path in which, that there's a path in which, you know, that daughter can get you know, that daughter can get involved in formula 1, involved in formula 1, whether that's on the pit crew whether that's on the pit crew or whether that's or whether that's a racing driver, or the commercial department. a racing driver, or the commercial department. and i think we're doing a lot. and i think we're doing a lot.

but we have a lot of but we have a lot of room still to grow. but i think it's very exciting. those with the power, those with the decision making power. — they believe in formula 1 academy. when i took on this role, i went to see every team principal,

sustainability, however, will be one of its biggest tests yet. when you look at sustainability more holistically, it's the only topic where people come to you and say, "i want the perfect solution. "i want this to be 100%." we have to change the definition of that, actually. it's about relentless progress. what can only formula 1 do from a research and development perspective, from a showcasing technology perspective? you're really looking at our operations in terms of net zero by 2030. travel logistics is a critical part of our footprint. how do we create transportation solutions?

just explain to us how a sustainable fuel actually works. first and foremost, the supply is not from fossil fuels. it is a second generation biofuel, which means that carbon is captured through collecting waste or non—food products to create the fuel. then that carbon gets released again when it burns in the internal combustion engine. from a life cycle perspective, how is the factory powered by renewable energy to create that fuel, what is the carbon captured through the waste products to create the fuel itself, and then how does it get transported to the car in existing infrastructure, all lowering the carbon footprint? formula 0ne�*s impact report says that almost half of its carbon footprint comes from its logistics operations, and 29% from business travel. less than 1% of their total emissions comes from the cars burning fuel on the track. it's something that people across f1 are keen to talk about.

ok, so what you're saying is we need 20 highly sustainable monsters going around the track, basically. i mean, they already are... fire—breathing monsters. ..and i think it's a thing that people don't realise. these cars are the most efficient cars in the world bya big, big margin. without it, all the cars that people drive around the world will also be a lot less efficient. and actually, it's everything revolving around formula 1 that is not as sustainable. travelling the world and all those types of things, that's actually way worse than me driving this car every weekend. we started many years ago to promote sustainability and to make changes in our factories. we produce now tyres with natural rubber. all the natural rubber used is respecting biodiversity, local population. all our factories are with electricity coming from renewable sources. we send the kits and tyres sea freight for overseas events. we send all the tyres back to uk, where we recycle them to generate secondary raw materials for different

applications like asphalt, like plastic floors. we have part of the team kit that are made with the recycled material, like our shoes or our luggage. we are discussing with f1 the opportunity, for example, to optimise the number of tyres used during a race weekend in order to reduce them. we look after any detail. 0ur sustainability experts from the fia, formula 1 and the teams meeting on a frequent basis. from �*26, we're going to have common reporting frameworks so that we can quantify exactly what's happening in an accurate and scientific manner. we want to be able to know for sure that a particular initiative may have a certain effect. all of that effort combined together will hopefully put us in a good position. paolo aversa is a professor of strategy at king's college london and an amateur driver

with a huge passion for motorsport, alongside a critical eye on its development. the future of formula 1 depends on its relevance, relevance for society, relevance for technology. being a prototypical sport, it allows us to dream beyond what the industry today requires. this is the benefit of formula 1, compared to hundreds of other racing series that travel around the regions of the world without producing any technology. i think formula 1, in this regards, has this role to get closer as possible to the net zero ambition and then quickly transfer these technologies to the mass production. this is an energy intensive type of sport. building, constructing, travelling. you know, asking formula 1 to become net zero is like asking them to make bricks without straw. but overall, it's the only one who's really looking into this and trying to provide a solution. the future of generative ai, essentially a system

which thinks and learns for itself, will affect us all over the coming decade. and the tech playground that is f1 is more than likely to be the centre of it. warning — the next scene contains talk of terabytes and data. ai will shape f1 too, because it's shaping our society and f1 is in the society with a great presence. but ai think i could have an incredible role also in developing new features for safety, anticipating information that are related to what is important for the driver to know. because we want to keep, you know, who is driving at the centre. you are looking at projects further on that have a bigger impact. ai will help all the different areas of our sporting competition. at the team level, at the broadcaster or production level, new technology has to be embraced in the right way. what is without doubt is that data is growing exponentially. it's doubling near enough every year. how do you harness the data

and use it to understand how to make your driver better, understand how to make your pit crew better, understand how to develop the car faster. that's the team that you'll see has success across the next ten years. i think ai is going to play. a bigger role in this world. it's certainly starting to play a bigger role in formula 1. l the amount of data - we pull down is immense. pull down about 1.5tb of data at a weekend, j about 300 sensors on the race car. i understanding that data and being able to kind l of redeploy the learnings from that, _ i think we'll get smarter. we will find areas - of technology that will be new to the world, that i will then get deployed, whether it's in the automotive industry or safety— or sustainability. the potentialfor a highly data driven future is undoubtedly exciting, but it wouldn't be the first time f1 has been accused of letting its technological aspirations colour the relationship between man and machine. how do we keep the balance of the human element of racing with the future technology possibilities? i can imagine that teams will try to use al to reduce

the unpredictability of any race. that means better performances. that means helping the driver. i hope this is not taking out the spice of the race, the fact that someone can make a mistake. ai should support us to make something better, but not replace the human being, the behaviour of the driver. if we made these cars not driven by human beings, but driven by ai, and i think they might even be quicker, i wouldn't watch it. because, for me, it's about how a human being is coping with these incredible demands on their body and psychological demands as well at the same time. at some point i'm sure it- will be clever enough to say, "design me the perfect race can" _ you also want things to be authentic and human. - i don't want it to be - something that takes control of formula 1. when you know that you drive at this level, _ that's what people admire. as soon as you take away that element of people kind - of being able to connect with it, that's the time i

you kind of lose the connection and you lose it as a fun sport . to be a part of. so it's going to take i control of some areas, but i hope it doesn't take control of too many. - what will become of f1? surely it will be faster, hopefully safer and more inclusive. but one thing is for sure, they'll never stop moving. if i mix up all these things and i do a good shaking, i would say formula 1 will be in a great spot in the future. formula 1 in ten years will be faster, safer, more sustainable. hopefully the sport will be as competitive and big, as exciting as it is today. we will need time. i do believe in ten years the paddock and the grid will look different to how they look now. the exciting racing, the sustainability. and the safety. if i want to make a wish for ten years' time - is to achieve - all of these things we've been talking about. not only is sustainability in action possible. but if formula 1 can do it and show how it's done,

everyone can do it. we are happy to share the same vision - because if— the championship is successful, it is a success also for pirelli and for- the investment of pirelli in the sport. it's still a sport that needs to remain authentic. the sound, the smell, the noise. i literally wake up every day relishing the opportunity in front of us cos there's a lot that we have to do, but it's exciting. we are listening. we want to involve people. we have already embraced j technological opportunities that we believe are right - and we love what we are doing. hello there. there's going to be a lot of wet, windy and cold weather

to come over the new year, but the focus today remains on this amber rain warning that we have from the met office. and within this area, there are already a number of severe flood warnings on rivers. it's been very wet in scotland, some snow melt adding to that as well. the rain turns more showery in mainland scotland. some wetter weather heads to the northern isles with snow in shetland, and this band of rain clears through southern scotland, northern ireland into england and wales. to the south, it's dry. a windier day, though, particularly across this part of the country, but it is a southwesterly wind, so it's lifting the temperatures to 11 or 12 degrees, except in the far north of scotland, where it's going to stay cold here. now, if you are going to be celebrating new year in wales and northern england, there's a good chance you're going to have some wet weather. that rain will be heavy over the hills and it may well lead to some flooding as well. that band of rain is going to move southwards on new year's day, but on it and just ahead of it, it's going to be very windy. and then to the north, following the rain, snow and ice continues across northern scotland and a wintry mix

of rain and hill snow moves down across northern ireland, southern scotland, eventually into northern england as things get colder. temperatures are going to be dropping through the day for most of us, the last of any mild air is in the far southeast of england, where we end the day wet and windy. that weather front, then, does move away, and then we chase our weather all the way up to the north. it's a north—northwesterly wind that's coming down, and that's going to bring cold air across the whole of the country. and by the time we get to thursday morning, there'll be a widespread frost this time. there could be some icy patches from earlier showers too. most of the snow showers will continue to affect northern parts of scotland. there could be one or two wintry showers for northern ireland getting close to these north sea coasts, but for large parts of the country it will be dry on thursday. and it'll be sunny as well, but it is going to feel an awful lot colder. we've got temperatures typically only 3—5 degrees. at least it's not that windy and the winds will be a bit lighter, ithink, heading into friday, but it's still cold air,

widespread frost, some icy patches, a few more wintry showers for northern ireland over the irish sea near some north sea coasts, and most of the snow falling in northern scotland. but, again, it is going to be cold after that frosty start — highs of 3—5 celsius.

live from singapore, this is bbc news. muan international airport in south korea will remain closed for another week as the investigation into sunday's plane crash continues. and an arrest warrant is approved for suspended president yoon suk yeol after he failed to report for questioning over charges related to his

declaration of martial law. a state funeral is to be held forjimmy carter onjanuary 9 as tributes continue to pour in for the longest—lived us president. china issues a response after the us treasury says it was hacked by a chinese state—sponsored actor in what's being described as a "major incident." welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. we begin in south korea where officials say they've now identified most of the 179 people who died in thejeju air crash on sunday. investigations are continuing into the cause with america sending representatives from both the national transportation safety board and the federal aviation administration to assist. south korea has also ordered a complete review of airline safety procedures after what's being called the country's worst plane crash in decades.

many of those on board were koreans travelling home