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The cars are sightly shorter and thinner
The wheel base is reduced by 5.5%, and the width is reduced by 5%. I couldn't find info on the actual maximum length changes, but according to these two sources:
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/why-formula-1-cars-have-grown-so-big/
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/f1s-smaller-nimbler-raceable-2026-rules-announced-full-explainer/
Modern cars can be up to 5.6m length. Apparently this is not going to change much, so I wouldn't put weight into words "shorter" and "thinner". Yes, new cars are shorter and thinner. But is 5% enough?
I hope other measures will be more fruitful.
Probably not enough, but a step in the right direction. I imagine this is the best they could do that also fit with all their plans for the new engines.