We have had meetings between major manufacturers, even including manufacturers not currently involved in F1.
We still dont know what format these new engines will take. Hybrid, new fuel types, solar powered, fermented ales, cow oo etc.... low cost, sustainable, whatever,....
Discussions surrounding the new generation of power unit have been ongoing for the better part of a year, though little progress has been made. The new engines were scheduled to be running for 2025. Even that date was a delayed date. We are stuck with what we have got now, frozen until whenever they can all agree on every (any) thing. And a dream of being carbon neutral. Dream on
The decision has now been made to delay their introduction..... now until 2026.
If they can decide what they want them to be by then. And if those who think they might like to get in on the act can make their minds up.
Or, like Honda, those that are in might decide they dont want to be in and want to be out. .
So what do we know? Not a lot really, but lets give it a go.....
https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/09/15/ne ... ntil-2026/F1 is targeting low cost, sustainable units that are both accessible to newcomers and attractive to fans.
With the engine manufacturers, there have been largely two camps; those looking to build on their own pre-existing experience and others who are potentially looking to step into the fray and are therefore looking for a greenfield option.
According to the report, the compromise could be dropping the MGU-H – the heat recovery aspect of the motor generator unit.
A meeting over new rules was held at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza last weekend.
Suggestions of a standard six-cylinder block have been made, allowing room for development within the cylinder head and combustion chamber, easing the path for new manufacturers looking to get involved.
A cost cap has also been put on the units, reducing them from in the region of $2 million to under $1 million – a figure not possible while maintaining the MGU-H.
There will also be increased electrification with the combustion engine to take a hit when it comes to output.
That’s understood to be partly due to the simplified design, but also a result of using biofuels, theoretically eliminating the need for a fuel flow limit.
Electrical power would increase from 120 kilowatts to 350 with recovery potentially set to use the front axle.
Aside from the technical considerations, there are more practical ones, such as how the cost of development will be covered in an era when teams are now bound to a cost cap, among a host of others.
So anything you have thoughts about on the new engines. Given we wont be getting big capacity V-12 gas guzzling children choking polluting nasties that used to be what appealed to most of us. It seems we will have to leave those qualities to the jets and transport of the circus all around the globe.
Discuss away..... what do you want, not want, think, etc.
Anything to do with engines.