FIA has just announced a 10-year ban on engine development in Formula One. Teams will have to submit an engine to FIA by March 31, 2008, which they will then have to use through 2017. Speaking about the decision, FIA President Max Mosley said, “There is no need to develop an F1 engine any further. The engine runs at 19,000 rpm, which is far faster than any comparable engine. It sounds good, it’s reliable and amazingly the six partially frozen engines of the current manufacturers are really evenly matched.”
Wouldn’t this slow down innovation? This just doesn’t make sense to me.
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that’s probably one of the reasons I always hear that the manufacturers want to leave F1 and start their own series. Too many limitations
(although the only racing I’ll watch occasionally on TV is Rally driving though, just cuz it’s so scenic and exciting)
by pketh (Dec 11, 2007 at 12 AM)If they don’t want more power they could limit the displacement further. Just more of the anti technology direction in the USA.
by xtronics (Dec 12, 2007 at 9 AM)