Quote Originally Posted by Eli View Post
It's still hard for me to see how will they take the cost down to half a million euros with the hybrid system when the last generation cars cost the same and they were very 'back to basics' approach....
Spot on. At the time it was told that post-2011 cars (1.6T first gen) were costing around 500k. It’s true that they already used the expensive Global Race Engine, but they didn’t had active central diff, ’17 aero kit, paddle shift and a ‘who knows how much it’ll cost’ hybrid system.

So, besides the R5 engine, is the FIA planning to use the whole R5 package as the basis for ’22 cars? And what about this universal roll-cage; is it just a different name for the subframe chassis?

Lot’s of doubts and apparently only one thing seems sure: manus are splited on the new rules and the FIA is not able to get a consensus. Probably it won’t be a surprise to see 2022 cars only ready in 2023...