The rule changes are being discussed between F1, governing body the FIA and the engine manufacturers.
They have agreed in principle to increase the amount of power coming from the internal combustion engine and reduce electrical power by the same amount.
Asked whether a resolution would increase the chances of him staying in F1 next year, Verstappen said: “Yeah, definitely. I just want a good product in Formula 1. And that will for sure improve the product.
“Hopefully that will happen next year. That will already help a lot, because I’ve always said it doesn’t matter if I had a good car or not. It’s just the product. And I think the product will improve like that, so naturally I think the enjoyment will go up as well.”
World champion Lando Norris said: “That’s a great direction that we all welcome as drivers. We all want that.
“Maybe it’s not the perfect world that we all want, but it certainly will be in the correct direction, I would say.”
His team-mate Oscar Piastri said: “It’s a step in the right direction. But it’s not fixed.”
Mercedes driver George Russell agreed that the changes “will be positive” because they would reduce the effect seen currently where cars lose speed towards the end of straights as the engine switches to recharge mode and loses nearly half its power.
“The engine shouldn’t lose power as you go down the straight, which you think is correct and the right thing to do,” said Russell. “How it’s going to impact racing I don’t know.”
The rule change is most likely to be achieved by increasing the fuel flow to the internal combustion engine, although this brings challenges because it impacts engine design and fuel-tank size.
But an agreement has not yet been reached and further talks aimed at finding a compromise are due to take place in Montreal this weekend.
Among the key issues are time and expense. Engine development takes time and it is already very tight for manufacturers to apply the changes in time for next year.
And some manufacturers want extra allowances to be made in the engine budget cap to enable them to pay for the development.
