F1 Engine Development Freeze

[Syx]

[MoshizZ]

Not upgrade it.

They have a new engine every 2 races im led to believe.
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[Teaman]

hmm,
not sure how thats going to help the smaller teams,
tbh I dont know how it will help anyone. there will be loads of small print, I think I'll wait to see what next seasons races turn out like before i decide to give a monkeys
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[JonB]

So the team that has the best engine next March will win for the next 10 years? Fantastic.

If they are going to do something as dramatic as that then why don't they just develop one engine for all cars and then freeze it for 10 years.
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[iCraig]

Thats Honda fucked then! Judging it on this years performance they had one of the worst engines out there!

Sometimes I don't understand the FIA, they seem to be fucking around with f1 too much recently.

[Syx]

The only advantage I can see to this is better parts for our cars - we don't need engines that rev up to 19k so if they are forced to develop better external components then that will (eventually) pass on to the consumer market.

Honestly I think a few years down the line the FIA will be forced to review this one.

[The Tot]

That just defeats the point of having a prototype series in the first place! So WHERE are we going to have testing and new technologies developed from?! Same block design? Man, in 10 years we'd probably be running fuel cells and stuff like that - internal combustion petrol will be phased out!
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[m99dws]

[chrisw]

A bit more reading on the subject....

https://www.fia.com/public/f1_purnell_fia.pdf

If it forces F1 teams to invest in new technology then it will be great for the sport as that normally leads to great racing (look back at the aero and turbo eras).

We'll have to wait and see what happens.....

[NSR Mick]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Scotch Bonnet]

Looking at the FIA's site, the homologated engine must have been run in two race meetings in 2007.
On the plus side for Honda, though the engine wasn't the problem (think Sato at Montreal, the works cars in low-downforce configuration at Monza) - it was the appalling 'normal' aero package.

[McJamweasel]

[EuropeanNC30R...]

Wonder what happens when a new team comes along, will they have to get engines from an existing engine manufacturer?

I'd like to see something more along the lines of forcing the cars to achieve a high MPG figure during racing by limiting their fuel. Once they've poured the billions into fuel economy research the benefits will hopefully filter down into road cars.

[iooi]

[Scotch Bonnet]

[AJI]

[McJamweasel]

[cqueen]

One of the main benefit of F1 is the technology developed often filters down into road cars. So I dont think this ban is a good idea.
They've also banned heating blankets for tyres..should make things interesting!

[EuropeanNC30R...]