The newspaper said those teams have proposed a 1.5L capacity for the turbos, with 1.5 bar boost. Ferrari's current reliability problems aside, it is no surprise the Italian marque's rivals are pushing for the end to the current 2.4L normally-aspirated V8 era.
One key speed trap at the Valencia circuit last weekend captured Sebastien Bourdais (313kmh), Kimi Raikkonen (313), Sebastian Vettel (313), Felipe Massa (312) and Adrian Sutil (311) monopolising the top five positions in terms of sheer top-end grunt. All of the aforementioned drivers use Ferrari engines.
Late last year FIA president Max Mosley also hinted at the possibility of a return of turbocharged engines in F1. Whilst declaring peace with the carmaker union GPDA's Burkhard Goeschel in Munich last November, Mosley suggested that the end of normally-aspirated engines in grand prix racing would coincide with a more environmentally friendly sport of the future.
"The capacity would be up for discussion because we don't want to have a ridiculous level of horsepower," he said, adding that the engines would rev to a minimum of 15,000rpm and use 'bio fuel'.
Reader Comments
Wed Aug 27 2008 10:03 AM
bambam says
been there,
done that.
go electric in 2012(maybe)
to early to change anything. The competition is good right now.
Wed Aug 27 2008 10:22 AM
www.mywheelsonwalls.com says
Awesome! the turbo era was fantastic and in the wet it really seperated the men from the boys. I cant wait!!!!
Wed Aug 27 2008 11:11 AM
RAM says
Green cars, biofuel and 1.5 turbocharged engine
whats next? hydrogen powered cars in F1
Wed Aug 27 2008 12:30 PM
raptor says
Hydrogen would sure make 300 km/h crashes spectacular :D
Wed Aug 27 2008 3:11 PM
www.mywheelsonwalls.com says
Raptor, "oh the humanity"- Herbert Morrison
Wed Aug 27 2008 3:28 PM
rnsaza says
LOL, BMW can just buy a whole bunch of its old 1980's motors from the scrap dealers and turn them into 1500hp F1 motors!
Thu Aug 28 2008 12:26 AM
Chris says
Sorry, but you should not believe a single word from the Kronen-Zeitung, the worst newspaper in Austria.
Thu Aug 28 2008 10:19 AM
NaBUru38 says
If the F1 wants to go green for real, refuelling should be limited to three per race and fuel tanks should be reduced: 50 liters for 2010, 5 liters less every season. Power would return to the previous levels soon, so F1 will remain as fast as always.
Fri Aug 29 2008 7:58 AM
Chris says
RAM, if they go fast, yes. raptor hinted at one really serious point here... F1 tech has always ended up giving the consumer auto industry a boost in technology. in pushing motor sports, we get better cars for our daily commute. if F1 went hydrogen and those cars were doing 300kmph crashes and not exploding.. you'd have a safe design for every day use.
i think the electric idea would be best though. lets get some hybrids in there.. or at least open up the rules to allow for it.. if some one puts the research into it and spends the money on it then they should be allowed to compete with it... besides theres a lot of concerns about exploding batteries...
hell... if they were to use a more advanced battery system that costs more but is much better... that might reduce the cost faster so that you and i can drive cars with those drive systems.
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