Power unit: only three engines per season from 2018?
Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault available to the freezing of parts and the use of standard parts to reduce costs
Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone have been mandated by the World Council of the FIA to change the rules of Formula 1 unless there is an agreement shared between the teams for the cost reduction of the power unit. In early January, the Builders will come together to discuss what should be their proposals, to avoid experience a traumatic break with the FIA and FOM.
HONDA AGAINST ABOLITION MSU-H
After the dismissal of the standard engine by the F1 Commission, in Abu Dhabi had been raised the opportunity to maintain the existing power unit, but reducing the hybrid part. There was the desire to simplify the system, abolishing the MGU-H, that is, the motor generator that converts heat into electricity to be wasted with the turbo. The idea was stopped intransigent attitude of Honda for voice Yasuhisa Arai , head of Motorsport, said: " We have entered into Formula 1 because there was the hybrid to be developed without the electric motor would not no sense our presence. " The Japanese, in fact, financed the re-entry into the world of GP with budgets that are derived also from R & D, in the belief that research thrust of the Formula 1 could give important benefits in the great series production.
FORMULA 1 MUST NOT BETRAY HYBRID
Moreover, the attitude of the Japanese is perfectly in line with the new guidelines that have emerged from the international climate conference that took place in Paris where he was a new agreement between 195 nations to reduce emissions, so as to slow down global warming. Even Sergio Marchionne , President of Ferrari, in the press conference Christmas, pushed in this direction: "After all that has been done in order to reduce emissions, to hear about a return to the aspirated engine with a hybrid system less complex , is really offensive and would be a step back. The world with choices of Paris has moved forward and, therefore, also the Formula 1 has to adapt. "
SPARE PARTS STANDARD AND FROZEN?
Easy to say, but harder to do. What would be the main way to find a shared solution designed to reduce costs? According to advances collected by Motorsport.com, Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault would be working on three points:
1 - freeze some parts of the power unit that now are now folded to a development "mature". 2 - define the details that can become standard with a single supply (we talk, for example, just MSU-H and dell ' MGU-K, while leaving full freedom in the management strategies of the electric motor generators). 3 - extend the life of the power unit to use only three units per driver per season. By the search for a surge in costs could force immediately, but to achieve the target using only one engine every seven GP should be taken less sophisticated materials that allow a significant reduction of costs.
POWER UNIT AVAILABLE TO 12.15 MILLION EUROS
It is clear that these changes would not be easily insertable in 2017 how they would like the FIA and FOM, but is more likely to materialize in 2018, leaving motorists time to define the cost-cutting ( a supply should not exceed 12.15 million euro per year) is associated with the increase in performance of four seconds a lap that would have been invoked by the entire paddock.
NEW 'AERODYNAMIC IN 2017 AND ENGINES IN 2018?
It would not be ruled out, therefore, that in 2017 we can only introduce the new regulation aerodynamic (the result of a combined study among the proposals brought by Red Bull Racing and FIA, while the ideas that were been put forward by Ferrari were deemed too "extreme"), leaving the adoption of the new power unit at the next championship. It will be interesting to see if you will find a convergence of intent on these points, otherwise get ready for a further period of great unrest in Formula 1 ...
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