Though nothing is carved in stone until it is, it is looking more and more like the ICE will remain the same for the next regs changes. Electrical capacity will up significantly from the current 120kW to 350kW. This is interesting to me since they are getting rid of the MGU-H due to complexity. It seems fuel will move towards a "cleaner" source, so some ICE power losses might come into the picture. I can only guess that they think greater harvesting and increased battery efficiency will fill the void, with almost 470 HP available through the MGU-K.

I'm surprised they haven't made the ICE smaller, or with fewer cylinders, unless they need the current V6 to offset battery weights. But either way it looks like the ICE will stay in place in the next generation of cars. So we will see.....




Some supposed leaked photos of the Alpha Tauri car are showing up. They are crappy photos not worth posting IMHO, but they might be real. They seem to show a really boxy intake and fairly steep downward raked rear side pod, and the undercut is visible. If they are the real deal, it will be another different approach. I guess we will see tomorrow.