New F1 Engine Rules From 2013
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Turbo-charged 6-cylinder in the next M3 is just the beginning.
What configuration are they allowed? A nice V4 turbo would be ok.
south yorkshire
Q the 2.0 boys ravin about 4 pots! It's a sad day when ur own car out cylinders f1!!!!
martinb1966
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who cares i have an original straight six ///m eat your heart out webber 
nothing wrong with downcylindering. Will make the Engineering challenge a hell of a lot more interesting.
I reckon they'll have a straight set up, there are stability issues with a V4.
Looks like fun.
A lot will hate these new regs, I'm just looking forward to seeing what the teams will come up with. Brings out the geek in me I suppose 
I reckon they'll have a straight set up, there are stability issues with a V4.
Looks like fun.
A lot will hate these new regs, I'm just looking forward to seeing what the teams will come up with. Brings out the geek in me I suppose I'm thinking that many people saying they 'don't mind' are the ones who haven't been to see a race live at the track?
The sound of an F1 car is truly intoxicating and one of the most thrilling spectator experiences i've ever had. The old V10's were just insane, however the present V8's are still screamers.
From years back I remember vividly to this day a Friday practise session sat at Woodcote corner, Silverstone, my first Grand Prix. All the cars went out to do their initial sighting laps and returned to the pits as usual, followed by hundreds of loud pops and bangs of unburnt fuel (you don't hear that on TV!). Then all of a sudden, Rubens decided he wasn't following the rest and booted it down the straight unleashing all 19odd thousand V10 rpms! The resonance from the directional exhausts amplified in the stand unleashing a massive rush of adrenaline throughout the crowd to bring them all to their feet cheering...
Now i'm just imagining them sounding like a turbo'd hot hatch...
:thumbsdown: They're eventually going to be limiting the RPM to 10k too due to the direct injection; some S2000's are higher than that!
All I can say is, if you haven't been yet, just go see a race before it all gets spoilt. Just because the power will be similar, the experience will change vastly imo.
The sound of an F1 car is truly intoxicating and one of the most thrilling spectator experiences i've ever had. The old V10's were just insane, however the present V8's are still screamers.
From years back I remember vividly to this day a Friday practise session sat at Woodcote corner, Silverstone, my first Grand Prix. All the cars went out to do their initial sighting laps and returned to the pits as usual, followed by hundreds of loud pops and bangs of unburnt fuel (you don't hear that on TV!). Then all of a sudden, Rubens decided he wasn't following the rest and booted it down the straight unleashing all 19odd thousand V10 rpms! The resonance from the directional exhausts amplified in the stand unleashing a massive rush of adrenaline throughout the crowd to bring them all to their feet cheering...
Now i'm just imagining them sounding like a turbo'd hot hatch...
:thumbsdown: They're eventually going to be limiting the RPM to 10k too due to the direct injection; some S2000's are higher than that! All I can say is, if you haven't been yet, just go see a race before it all gets spoilt. Just because the power will be similar, the experience will change vastly imo.
I remember the previous 1.5 litre turbo cars,The honda and BMW were indeed putting out 1500 bhp.They had special qually engines known as "detonators" which were designed to do a handful of laps at full chat before they blew up and special qually tyres which were scrap in 2 or 3 laps.These things flew and were so exciting to watch, so fast.A proper handful; for the drivers also. They had limited fuel and boost buttons for overtaking. They frequently ran out of fuel if the driver whacked it too much.Made F1 interesting.
Frankly I find the rule changes a joke. The rule changes are solely to keep the green crowd quiet and thus increase sponsorship income. I'm a man-made climate change skeptic and Clarksonite myself...so perhaps my view is biased...but I really disagree with the rule changes.
The carbon emissions made carting the teams all over the world vastly outweigh the emissions of the cars themselves...this is largely ignored.
I'm a massive fan of F1 and have actually enjoyed the last couple of seasons (despite thinking I wouldn't following rule changes). The racing has been close and the titles have gone down to the wire. However, if it were up to me, teams would be given much more control over the specs of the cars. I would like to see lap times getting faster each year, not progressively slower!
The designers behind the 2013 spec have been told they have to design a car that is not slower than 5 seconds per lap compared to the current cars. 5 seconds??!!! Thats an eternity in F1. Frankly, I think this is nonsense. The engines have been shrunk enough in a sport that is supposed to be the pinnacle of motor racing. I think it should remain an 'indulgence'...perhaps a guilty one given the green agenda, but the sport is on the verge of being watered down too far I think.
The 2013 cars will have 600bhp, increasing to 750bhp when the KERS is being used. The current cars already have 750bhp w/o KERS. This is not progression...
Oh well not much I can do really!
The carbon emissions made carting the teams all over the world vastly outweigh the emissions of the cars themselves...this is largely ignored.
I'm a massive fan of F1 and have actually enjoyed the last couple of seasons (despite thinking I wouldn't following rule changes). The racing has been close and the titles have gone down to the wire. However, if it were up to me, teams would be given much more control over the specs of the cars. I would like to see lap times getting faster each year, not progressively slower!
The designers behind the 2013 spec have been told they have to design a car that is not slower than 5 seconds per lap compared to the current cars. 5 seconds??!!! Thats an eternity in F1. Frankly, I think this is nonsense. The engines have been shrunk enough in a sport that is supposed to be the pinnacle of motor racing. I think it should remain an 'indulgence'...perhaps a guilty one given the green agenda, but the sport is on the verge of being watered down too far I think.
The 2013 cars will have 600bhp, increasing to 750bhp when the KERS is being used. The current cars already have 750bhp w/o KERS. This is not progression...
Oh well not much I can do really!
