Peter in this short looks at the move to 60-40 power units in F1 for 2028 and concludes (a) this is not enough and (b) we should forget hybrids and return to pure racing engines
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It’s no surprise that Audi wanted overly complex regs. It matches their horribly-designed, unrepairable cars where you have to drop the entire front subframe just to change a water pump. When it comes to poor engineering – they know how to do it 😂
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i disagree, f1 is alway's been the most technical advanced racing series. right now its a bit of a struggle i admit, but if in 10-20 years time evrything is electric no big company's are going to invest 100 million in building v10 engines. the technical edge will be gone, and electric will probably be more powerfull
80/20 is perfect. Just enough electric to run the car in reverse, torque fill between shifts and make the cars efficient enough to avoid refueling.
How about 95-5
Greg’s jokin but we definitely should offer lump sums of 10k and a plane ticket to whoever will take it to move out of the country. Citizenship revoked upon acceptance of financial transfer and first flight out. Partner with African countries who need labor and who have stuff we need
Everyone knows that electric cars are BS. It takes fossil fuels to power them as well. Until we come up with zero point energy, electric cars will be someone’s pipe dream. Bring on the noise and power of high performance V-8s and make racing fun again.
Nope
They should also have an e series with hot swap batteries and push to pass. Limit 1000 bhp
There is simply a difference between road car driving and commuting in general, compared to driving racetracks with powerful cars for competition and entertainment. Two worlds are related,yet have different factors and purpose
ICE racing engines, not domestic electrical appliances.
BTW, no such thing as fossil fuels. Oil and gas are abiotic, ffs
Yes, yes, yes
More and more people are waking up to the fact that EV’s are a greenwashed scam being pushed onto the general public by EU bureaucrats and their Agenda 2030 nonsense.
Let’s do it for next year. It’s not that hard
Thank you. Yet every series talks about electrification. I don’t see baseball implementing robotic pitchers.
That's a big rabbit hole Peter. Firstly, since when was oil actually made from fossils, and if so how are these fossils thousands of feet underground and then become oil with seemingly unlimited supply? And that's just the start..
F1 engineers understand the regs, though maybe not commentators.
It must be a hybrid, as that is what hypercar brands make to get 1000 HP power units
Best analogy here is from the end of WW2 which has been absorbed into numerous areas of life- that is A Bridge too far! Trying to short cut a process which should have been staged over two regulation cycles!
An ICE doesn’t necessarily means fossil fuel.
Let formula E develop electrical power to a better level and let F1 concentrate on low capacity screaming engines.
I hope to live long enough to see the return of V10s, but I doubt it. F1 has become a charade of pseudo motor racing, give us back the thrills of competitive racing, the sound, the speed and the raw driving skills.
Everyone seems to forget they run 100% synthetic fuel from this year onwards
Agenda 2030 Formula 1. Absolute BS.
Our Australian F1 champion, Alan Jones many years ago responded to public criticism of F1 fuel usage. He made the point that our Australian cricket team, in their whites strolling onto the green pitch of Lords, used far more fuel, travelling to England by jet than an entire F1 race.
Go back to v10s and v12s and get a major oil company to supply F1 with synthetic petrol or E fuel.
Let's go 39%
Trees and plants use Carbon Dioxide and turn it into Oxygen. The war on carbon is a war on all life on earth. All that carbon that was trapped under the ground in fossil fuels use to be in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide levels were higher and as a result Oxygen levels were higher. Trees plants and animals were much bigger….
2028 pls
Let me be clear, I agree with you about adjusting the engine regulations but I really don't understand your reasoning here.
The move to 50/50 had nothing to with fans wanting hybrid split but you're suggesting that is the case? Based on what?
It was my understanding that the regs were made to appease manufacturers and to move the regs to be more "road relevant." Hence the removal of the MGU-H.
Clearly a bs reason also when front axle regen is not included but my point stands, did anyone ever think the regulation changes were to make fans happy?
Yep, it is that simple.. remove the politics, we want to see the best drivers in the fastest cars..less meddling.