New engine regs for 2013

[MrMetro]

Koz, don't get me wrong, the V12 engines sounded fantastic, but F1 has to move with the times. Just think, the turbo charged cars in the 80s sounded great (IMO) so why won't the new engines?

[DazzlaF1]

It's good news that F1 will move away from the technology of the last century and try to stay high-tech instead of being a dinosaur.

Indeed, infact I think this is a very exciting prospect.

[UltimateDanGTR]

interesting new technologies there which is good. at least these engines are turbo charged! even if it is only 4 cylinders and 1.6 litres;

turbos are back baby!

Now, correct me if im wrong but some teams in the late 80s used 4 cylinder turbos, so this is good news.

ofcourse i would prefer turbo V8s, but thats because I'm a dreamer

and another good thing; we will see a return to the classic 'roll over hoop' instead of the 'airbox' designs one would expect, an added bonus.

[donKey jote]

If we are going that way, lets just use 500cc motorcycle engines instead.

that's for 2015, with the hybrids

[Sonic]

I just hope they sound good.

[ShiftingGears]

As long as they're enormously powerful and don't have stupid gimmicks like push to pass, I will be happy.

[call_me_andrew]

I just found this article:

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=396025

This part made me laugh: "We have a very good engine formula."

Only Bernie Eccelstone could look at annoying rev limits and a maximum of 8 engines used in a season and say, "That's very good."

I do think that if they are to use turbocharged engines, 1.6 liters may be too large. A 1.6 liter engine with 1.5 atmospheres of boost has the effective displacement of a 4 liter engine.

[Easy Drifter]

Seems to me that Ferrari won a F1 world championship with a 1.5 litre engine so contrary to ioan they do have a clue about small engines.

[ioan]

Seems to me that Ferrari won a F1 world championship with a 1.5 litre engine so contrary to ioan they do have a clue about small engines.

How actual is 30 years old knowledge?
Do you think that Mercedes and Renault build high performance cars with 30 years old technology?
This move will bring other players back into the sport, manufacturers who are producing impressive 4 cylinder turbo engines and IMO the fight will be very intense on track come 2013.

[Easy Drifter]

Acually it was 50 years ago but you didn't put a time frame on it.
I am sure somehow Ferrari can manage to figure out how to build a relatively small turbo engine, just like everyone else.