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Can anyone explain the point of this?

  • 24-10-2007 1:58pm
    #1
    Tal Hawkins
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭


    http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41179

    Basically the FIA has put a 10 year freeze on engine development. I know F1 has had problems recently and are trying to make it competitive, and that the big teams can afford more money to develope there engines, but is this not just standardising the cars and making it more like A1?


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  • #2
    Catcher86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭Catcher86


    I heard a rumour that Ron Dennis was thinking of trying to form a breakaway Formula from F1. I think this might be why.

    Personally I think this sounds a bit ridiculous. It seems that who ever has developed their engine the most by 2008, will have a dominant reign on F1 for 10 years.
    They say they are "encouraging the sport's manufacturers to pursue performance gains through KERS and other socially-relevant technology advances."
    But if their engine is'nt up to scratch, then everything else is irrelevent, and "socially-relevant technology advances" sounds a bit vague at this stage.


  • #3
    heyjude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭heyjude


    And what impact would the withdrawal of a major engine supplier have in this situation ? It wouldn't affect the likes of Ferrari, Renault and BMW who supply engines for their own teams, but it would leave McLaren in a vulnerable position if Mercedes decided to leave F1 because I couldn't see the likes of BMW and Ferrari wanting to supply a competitive engine to a major rival for the championship.


  • #4
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,477 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Well the v10's were around for 10 years, so while it sounds like a long time, it's probably not a bad solution to have a standard engine spec and focus on other technologies.

    While i do agree with having the spec fixed, I do think having no developement at all might be unfair to the weaker teams, they're basically stuck with a weaker engine for 10 years. But then again it will stop the top teams opening up even more of a gap in engine performance if development continued.

    my understanding is the engine freeze began a year go, at the end of the 2006 season... but maybe somebody can correct me if thats wrong...


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