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2014 engines: inline-fours out, turbo-charged V6 engines in
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All sounds good to me, as long as they allow development in some areas, its all good. I really would like to see them re-open engine regulations, and grounds effects should help the aerodynamic wake issues.
Not that interested in KERS really, but its there anyway.
Not that interested in KERS really, but its there anyway.
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I'm sorry but 650bhp is not enough. LMP1's are now going to be flying ahead in the power department. GP2 won't be far behind either. They want to decrease the power progressively as the research gains the cars more downforce overall slowing them down. F1 is not about slowing the cars down it's about going as fast as possible, and I think they can easily afford to let them go faster without jeapordising safety. I hope they sound better too, the V8 sound sucks compared to the V10 and 12.
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Ground effects?
Cool! I'm all for it! It would be good for the sport!
Cool! I'm all for it! It would be good for the sport!
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It's not going to be before Turbos. That would be crazy. A 1.6 litre inline 4 with 650hp pre-turbo? You could easily be talking well in excess of 1000hp with figures like that.
More likely, It is including Turbos, but not including the KERS boost, which will likely be around 150hp boost.
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It's unlikely to be measured before turbos I've not known that to be done before. No doubt the boost will be comparable to that of a Mercedes A-class diesel too. I think it will be 650BHP then with about 100BHP for kers. It's still very disappointing, wasn't the '04 Honda putting out 1080BHP at Suzuka or something ridiculous? I seem to remember the turbo cars of 1985 putting out obscene amounts of power well over 1100 BHP. They've gone completely the wrong way. Reduce downforce, increase power.
Daan, Gilles knew what he was talking about, he'd be turning in his grave if he saw the new regulations.
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Hmm, I'd guess that any forced induction would be part of the air-fuel mixture and hence fuel-flow rate. KERS on the other could add Kw of electric or kinetic power independent of internal combustion, perhaps enough to push max combined output to over 700hp. Also utilizing normally wasted braking and exhaust energy to power a car would bolster mileage resulting in smaller fuel cells and better power/weight ratios
Meanwhile it's about time F1 leads the way in efficient and cleaner use of energy. This is where the car industry is going and so far Le Mans and it's various series have shown the way. I'm intrigued by these proposals.👍
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Very cool aerodynamics; they're pretty much the Holy Grail of aerodynamics. Downforce and drag are opposing forces; ground effects seek cancel out the drag whilst allowing for phenomenal downforce. It was pioneered in the 1980s; basically, the underside of the car is shaped like a wing. As air passes underneath the car, it reduces the air pressure. This means that the higher air pressure above the car pushes downwards, creating natural downforce. The end result is that the car is literally sucked closer to the road surface, allowing it to go faster because of the increase in grip. Perhaps the most infamous variant on this was the Brabham "fan car", which places a massive fan at the rear of the car to suck even more air out from underneath the car. It is hoped that ground effects will negate the messy wake that bounces off the rear wings, allowing cars to travel closer together.
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Well, they're talking about an increase to 15" or even 18" wheels. Personally, I reckon they should go in for steel brakes while they're at it.
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Vettel will use anyones car.
It's a good idea bringing back turbos although they shouldn't restrict them to 1.6L 4 cylinder engines, plucking numbers out the air I would suggest 2.5L 6 cylinder. The high performance NA engine will become rarer and rarer on the road as stricter emission regulations means turbos become the best way of having a high performance engine within the regs. Reintroducing this to F1 will keep it relevant with current road cars giving the manufacturers a link to the track.
Ground effect is definitely a bad idea. Low aero grip, medium mechanical grip and high power will give much more interesting racing so increasing downforce will just turn it into a procession as Daan has already said.
I know F1 is meant to be the pinnacle of motor sport but it also needs to be interesting to watch so the regs needs to promote that.
Ground effect is definitely a bad idea. Low aero grip, medium mechanical grip and high power will give much more interesting racing so increasing downforce will just turn it into a procession as Daan has already said.
I know F1 is meant to be the pinnacle of motor sport but it also needs to be interesting to watch so the regs needs to promote that.
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It doesn't matter.. 650HP of engine power is enough considering the car will be lighter and is not comparable with the LMP cars. Although I think it could be a tad slower than Formula Renault or GP2 but naaah... It's all years to come and now it's all just potato speculations.
So far, I think it's going into a good direction but I just don't know much of ground effect... KERS isn't really my favourite but rules are rules and it's going to be there in all those cars.
So far, I think it's going into a good direction but I just don't know much of ground effect... KERS isn't really my favourite but rules are rules and it's going to be there in all those cars.
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