The weight of Formula 1 cars has ballooned by 200kg over the past two decades, with the 2023 minimum weight of 798kg for an empty car setting a new record.
The excessive weight of the current crop of cars, which has made them more sluggish to drive in low-speed corners, has become a point of contention, with early plans being made to make them lighter again from 2026 onwards.
Speaking to Autosport earlier this month FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said reducing the weight of F1 cars was a project he was personally backing and something that "everybody wants".
While F1's drivers are unanimously in favour of the idea, Red Bull's Verstappen pointed out that the current hybrid engines and safety advancements will make it tricky to shave off a significant amount of weight.
"Honestly, that's going to be a bit unrealistic to achieve because otherwise, we wouldn't have been this heavy anyway, right?," he said when Autosport asked him about the plan.
"Also, in 2026 with the bigger battery, that will weigh a lot more, so I'm not sure if that's heading in the right direction.
"But I will always be in favour of lighter cars because I already enjoyed the '21 car more than what we have now in terms of how agile it was. Now the car in the low speed is a bit of a boat."
Source: Autosport