The 2014 Formula One racecars have been neutered

If you've got 10 minutes watch this. Interesting take on the new F1 rules and the 2014 World Endurance Championship.

is it still racing if efficiency over race distance is such a huge concern?

Engines have gone from shrieking naturally aspirated 750 HP 2.4L V8s with an 18,000 RPM limiter to 600 hp 1.6L turbocharged V6s. The powertrain is also much heavier with hybrid tech as they added another layer of energy recuperation by using the turbo itself to charge the onboard battery. Each car gets 33 seconds per lap of a 160-hp battery boost to make up the difference in power from last year's engines, when they only got 6 seconds of electric urge per lap. The front wing is smaller than last year, so there's less downforce, and each car is limited to 100 kg of fuel per race. Those are the most visible changes, anyway.

I just want the V10s back.


pure mechanical fury

There would be an uproar in the fan base.

Saw the Fury movie a couple weeks ago, like it, them bastards are crazy going that fast in them frickers. Your basically in a 750hp go cart.

I've been steadfastly trying to ignore that ever since Mclaren's MP4-29 broke out the first dicknose.

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I just want the V10s back.

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Amazing sound.

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They're getting 600 hp from a 1.6L engine? That is pretty impressive

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They keep trying to slow them down and the engineers keep stepping up their game.

A former Mclaren mechanic was saying that if there was enough cause for it the engineers could change the engines to sound a bit mnore like the old style, but thought that after a while people would just move on like they do every year after changes

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Why on earth would they want to that, its racing, faster the better.

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It was getting dangerous.

Open wheel racing>>>>>>>Stock car as far as danger levels

Megatron!