New engine regs for 2013

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Originally Posted by skc

Moveable wings and KERS next year and "green" engines in 2013

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/9275796.stm

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Green???


Didn't the Europeans get the Memo?

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Originally Posted by bblocker68

If they have KERS, Push to Pass is in full effect.

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Awful really. I hope for something like turning the KERS up and down like turbo boost pressure in the 1980's depending on the situation of the driver.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Arnoux and Villeneuve, you mean. Jabouille was way in front of them.

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You are of course quite quite correct good sir. I consider my nibble-pibblies thoroughly vanquished.

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Originally Posted by bblocker68

If they have KERS, Push to Pass is in full effect.

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They arealdy have push-to-pass. The difference between F1 push-to-pass and Champ Car push-to-pass is that when an F1 team uses push-to-pass, it is not broadcast with the TV telemtry. It's not really a gimmick as long as it's kept secret.

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Originally Posted by ioan

I can see Ferrari being against this move as they are the only one who has bugger all knowledge of such small engines. Maybe Fiat will do the engine development for them?

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Tell me something. What expereince did any of the engine suppliers have with V10s when they first entered the sport? Bugger all, that's what.

Ferrari have been making racing engines for 60+ years. They'll figure it out.

I don't really mind the smaller turbos. Over the years around various forms of motorsport I've learned one thing... 800 HP in just about any form may sound different, but it still sounds like 800 HP.

KERS in the last configuration sucked IMHO. If they are going to use it allow the teams to have more "boost" time... much more... and simply put a limit on the maximum increase in power. That way rather than a constant "push to pass or defend" type thing it may affect starting fuel load, or *gasp* actually save some fuel and make the sport a little "greener". Unless all cars have it, it screws with the race too much.

The idea of "green" in racing turns me and many others off big time.

A large percentage of the population(in some countries the majority) view Man-Made Global warming as a scam.

Many who do buy into it realize that F1 is such an insignificant part of it that it doesn't matter and all the "green" hype is just $$$ spent on window dressing.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

A large percentage of the population(in some countries the majority) view Man-Made Global warming as a scam.

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Like 20% or so?! (90% of them US republicans)
Long live the ignorance! :D

Is the pollution (you know, the one we can actually see and feel in larger citis) a scam as well? And the fact that we are running out of oil?

I think SGWilko already hit the nail on the head in this thread.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

I feel your pain, but we do really have to get 'real'.

Like it or not, Oil will, one day, become a scarce commodity. More and more influential figures are beginning to talk about 'peak' oild production. We will have to be weened off its use (and face it folks, there is not a lot we rely on every day that is not made with the use directly or indirectly of oil sourced products).

Why should our beloved sport not become the breeding ground for technologies and solutions that will help us find ways of ensuring we have effective and practical transport modes for decades to come.....?

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I do think that engine freeze and such restrictions is kind of counterproductive though. It would be really nice to see the teams trying different solutions and thus really pushing the technological boundaries, though I understand trying to reduce costs are always an issue.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

A large percentage of the population(in some countries the majority) view Man-Made Global warming as a scam.

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Because truth must be determined by a democracy.