Its Official: F1 Engine Homologation Rules Are A Farce

[Mark]

It's all a bit stupid isn't it.

Personally I think while engines should be frozen during the season then they should be allowed to introduce an entirely new engine once a year.

I also think F1 has become a bit too reliable, with cars all but guaranteed to finish the race unless they're involved in a crash. Nothing like the engine of a leading car expiring in a cloud of smoke near the end of the race to spice things up a bit.

[The Black Knight]

It's all a bit stupid isn't it.

Personally I think while engines should be frozen during the season then they should be allowed to introduce an entirely new engine once a year.

I also think F1 has become a bit too reliable, with cars all but guaranteed to finish the race unless they're involved in a crash. Nothing like the engine of a leading car expiring in a cloud of smoke near the end of the race to spice things up a bit.

I agree with this and I also feel that they should be allowed a new Engine every two races. Drivers shouldn't have to worry about being penalized if their Engine blows up in smoke due to too many miles and no fault of their own.

[N. Jones]

This rule is awfully unfair to new entrants. If the powers that be want to see new entrants succeed then the entrants need to be able to develop as the season wears on.

[kfzmeister]

I don't see the big hoopla. All engine manufacturer's continue development anyway, so why not Honda?

[N. Jones]

I can only think that rules like this are in place in order to limit F1 so Bernie can make more money.

[Tazio]

Great news for the Anglo Mafia.
I am happy to say my membership has been secured with assistance from the Bilderberg Group.
I am a made man, Tally-ho!!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117386

[airshifter]

Great news for the Anglo Mafia.
I am happy to say my membership has been secured with assistance from the Bilderberg Group.
I am a made man, Tally-ho!!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117386

Anyone taking bets on who will cry about it first?

My money is on Ferrari, but Mercedes might beat them to the punch.

[Tazio]

Anyone taking bets on who will cry about it first?

I Think that there is a high likelihood of several teams complaining about it. Mercedes has already said that they will start 2015 with their 2014 PU, which makes sense considering the amount of effort put into making these PUs reliable. No one wants to lose points, or use up PU components early on, especially considering that the rules only allow 4 PUs without penalty in 2015. If the other manufacturers follow suit I think, if I understand the rules correctly, that that will mean 32 tokens for the Honda PU. Probably nothing short of unlimited development will allow equity in this arena, which would be very costly, and probably price the lesser funded customer teams out of the series. I wouldn't be surprised at all if there is another tweak to the rules before the start of the season!
Can of bloody worms really.....mate!

[Tazio]

It appears already that teams are scrambling to rethink their engine strategy in response to this rule change!

We reported earlier that Mercedes, having utterly dominated the 2014 season, may in fact enter the first few races of this year with all 32 tokens still in its pocket.
"It's a late (rule) change," works Renault team Red Bull's Adrian Newey told Sky, "and we are sorting out with Renault the best way to play it -- it's not exactly clear."

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns29777.html

[N. Jones]

I'm just happy they reversed this stupid rule.