F1 Website News:
2013 engine changes approved, but postponement possible

Is anyone else torn on the upcoming engine change? Personally, I care about the environment and all, but I'd much prefer someone cancel NASCAR instead of cutting those precious F1 engines in half to save fuel.

I mean.. what's to follow .... silent electric-powered F1 races? When the planet's oil wells are almost dry, I want the last bit of petroleum flowing through the arteries of an F1 car and jet aircrafts.

 

4 cylinder engines are nothing new in F1.

BMW used to make a 1.5 liter turbo four.

It made 1200 HP in qualifying trim, about 900 HP for races.

I still like the sound of the 3.0 liter V-10's better than the 2.4 liter V-8's.

 

I voted NO. Because F1 excites me and will continue to excite me more than any other series. I'm fairly certain that it will stay the pinnacle of motorsport for a long time to come. So it wont be more exciting or less exciting. It was just as exciting during the Schumacher era as it is now with multiple world champions on the grid. But thats just my humble opinion

Besides the FIA is open to a delay in implementing the new regs.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91958

 

Sorry..voted NO. Just not into being a lemming on all this green shizit propoganda.

 

IMO they should give the teams a given amount of fuel per race. Thats it. Leave the power train options completely open.

Let the teams make power however they want... 4 cyl, v8, v10, v12, rotary; turbo, N/A; gas or even diesel? I don't care.


If anything, that will promote green technology trickling down to road cars more then anything, and make each new season more exciting as teams scramble to find new ideas/methods to copy the leaders from the previous season, without being limited to one general format.

 

I voted yes. The idea of seeing cars in qualifying trim running 150+psi of boost just makes me excited.

 

yeah but not compared to the 3.0 high rev v10 or 2.4 v8. NA FTW.

 

I'm really on the fence with this one
I remember the old turbo days, and some of those engines were flat out amazing
I do not believe just having a lot of cylinders makes an engine more advanced, so I can see a 1.6 I4 Turbo being just as advanced as a 3.0 V10
I'm not 100% sure this new engine proposal is to make the series more green, I still suspect it is more of the cost-saving mentality at work
I believe if any of this little turbo 4 proposal is indeed tied to cost savings then it is retarded, because developing this beast of an engine will cost mega-millions
I would like to see the rules read more along the lines of you can have an engine of any configuration you like, but it cannot develop more than 999 horsepower
I would love to see what the different teams do with that kind of freedom, I4, V4, I6, V6, V8, V10, V12, what???

 

I am most interested in seeing what configuration, and what fuel they run. Part of my says that a flat-4 would be good due to the low CG, but then I think that it would have a hard time keeping engine speed around corners due to all of the G's that they pull. (similar to how the car/engine gets slowed down as they go over dips, and bumps currently)

If that were the case, I am sure that someone would go diesel, make 1500TQ, and just limit the revs to keep the hp numbers in check. Using hp as a limiting factor is a good way of doing it when everyone is using a similar engine, but if you give them the chance to do whatever they want, they will still make the equivalent of more power than you want them to have. Just look at rally cars. 300hp limit, so you have 500ft/lbs engines that don't rev past 3-4k.

 

In the past, engines of different configurations were allowed. Rule changes were frequent, and drastic car re-designs were common. I think it makes for better racing when teams can choose their powerplant. When everyone has to run the same basic design, it really turns into a spending race. I'd like to see F1 get away from trying to mandate a "spec envelope" that every car has to fit. It does nothing to control costs.