Are the Cosworth engines going to be competitive?

What is interesting that Williams seems to be impressing more with each testing week. I'm not sure, how true the rumours were, but were Cosworth allowed to develop their engine until the beginning of the season unlike other engine manufacturers? So maybe they still have something up in their sleeve.

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Originally Posted by christophulus

The Williams seems to be there or thereabouts so it doesn't look like the Cosworth is the weak link. The new teams must be struggling more with the aero package.

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Yes, as Kovy said the Cosworth was the strongest part of their package.

It seems the cossie boys are going about this very differently from their last F1 outing. No longer a search for out and out performance but a methodical and reliable program of testing which I hope will last into the season.

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Originally Posted by RS

I'm a little worried about Williams. They had a decent car last year but chose to scrap it and start again instead of develop it.

I think if it becomes apparent that the Cosworth is not up to scratch then the FIA will let them make some changes to "equalise" it with the top engines again.

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If they do improve on fuel consumption with 'equalisation' from the FIA, the teams not be too happy. They will have built cars to have fuel tanks for the correct size, but if the engines get more fuel efficient then there will be wasted space (and weight) in the car, unless a B spec car is introduced half way through

i have to revise my opinion - i thought the cossie was a weak link, but looking at Williams times, bith single laps and long runs and they are pretty competitive, doesn't seem to be much missing in the engine dept

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Originally Posted by Robinho

i have to revise my opinion - i thought the cossie was a weak link, but looking at Williams times, bith single laps and long runs and they are pretty competitive, doesn't seem to be much missing in the engine dept

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If the rumors are true and the Cossie is 30bhp down then Williams is even more impressive. 0.2s behind the fastest lap from Hamster

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Originally Posted by Sonic

If the rumors are true and the Cossie is 30bhp down then Williams is even more impressive. 0.2s behind the fastest lap from Hamster

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If those rumours are true then it puts it on about the same level as the Renault, which means its better than last years Toyota engine at least. So far the only Cosworth car thats looked unreliable is the Virgin, and thats down mostly to the teams hydrolicks system.

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Originally Posted by Sleeper

If those rumours are true then it puts it on about the same level as the Renault, which means its better than last years Toyota engine at least. So far the only Cosworth car thats looked unreliable is the Virgin, and thats down mostly to the teams hydrolicks system.

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Indeed. Nothing wrong with the engine just poor aux systems on the VR01