• New Page
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • shop
  • SDPOTY
  • league
Menu

For F1's Sake

Formula 1 needs this
  • New Page
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • shop
  • SDPOTY
  • league

Express your interest in our engine

November 20, 2015

The FIA have made a mistake, or at least they've made another in a series of mistakes. 

They've really screwed up the engines; you know, the Formula bit of Formula 1. After forcing all the teams and manufacturers to throw the old V8s in a skip they mandated a new V6 turbo fancy-wancy formula where the engines waste less energy and use electric and are generally fantastic.

They really are; they're amazing feats of technology that make great whizzy-whiny noises and have a thermal efficiency of 45 percent which, if you understood what that means (we don't), is apparently fantastic.

Not that you'd know this. In between harping on about road safety and pointedly not talking about commercial rights, the message that F1 has a groundbreaking engine is lost, even more so now that they have relented to possibly having a new (old) cheap (expensive) powertrain (engine) to help the poorer teams (cough, Red Bull) from 2017 onwards.

Yes, the modern engines have screwed up because they are stupidly complicated and the manufacturers have whoppingly overcharged what they thought they would cost. "Sorry, Frank, looks like your protection money will be a bit more this month."

As the F1 teams have proved time and time again, if you leave stuff up to them they will screw it up. So now we are in a position where the hard work is being undone to appease the team who did their best to break up any unity so that they can make their own (cough, unbranded Renault) engine with electric bits on the top and yet plead poverty as the reason.

So, with stupidly short notice for any real engine manufacturer to get a proposal in place, the FIA has rushed through an Expression of Interest for the new engines.

One that can only reasonably be expected to be filled by the Renault/Red Bull/Ilmor monster...

...and FF1s. 

That's right, we have managed to get hold of the documents 

Using some Watergate-esque journalistic sleuthing...

..we now have access to the almost masonic like complexity of documentation that tracks the entire murky process of the inner workings of the FIA (a PDF and and excel spreadsheet.)

now we need your help with this

We have uploaded these documents to Google Docs HERE and HERE and this is where we need you. Make yourself a column in the spreadsheet or pick yourself a colour in the doc and write in your best answers. You can either show your engineering chops and demonstrate your deep understanding of engines, or like us you can go for really silly answers.

On Sunday we'll pick the best and yes, we will really submit this.

Let's hope we don't actually win...

 

In engines Tags engine, tender, fia, rules
← State of F1: 2016 pre-seasonFFeS: Could it ever be that e>1? →

Find us

ITUNES
INSTAGRAM
TWITTER
FACEBOOK
SOUNDCLOUD
DRIVETRIBE
SUBSCRIBE TO THE RSS
POCKET CASTS
GOOGLE PODCASTS
STITCHER

 

Latest Episodes

Featured
Nov 27, 2018
2018.21 - Abu Dhabi
Nov 27, 2018
Nov 27, 2018
Nov 14, 2018
2018.20 - Brazil
Nov 14, 2018
Nov 14, 2018
Nov 3, 2018
2018.19 - Mexico
Nov 3, 2018
Nov 3, 2018
Oct 27, 2018
2018.18 - USA
Oct 27, 2018
Oct 27, 2018
Oct 10, 2018
2018.17 Japan
Oct 10, 2018
Oct 10, 2018
Oct 5, 2018
2018.16 - Russia
Oct 5, 2018
Oct 5, 2018
Sep 9, 2018
2018.14 - Italy
Sep 9, 2018
Sep 9, 2018
Sep 4, 2018
2018.13 - Belgium
Sep 4, 2018
Sep 4, 2018
Sep 4, 2018
2018.12 - Hungary
Sep 4, 2018
Sep 4, 2018
Jul 28, 2018
2018.11 - Germany
Jul 28, 2018
Jul 28, 2018
Jul 9, 2018
2018.10 - Britain
Jul 9, 2018
Jul 9, 2018
Jul 4, 2018
2018.09 - Austria
Jul 4, 2018
Jul 4, 2018
Jun 30, 2018
2018.08 - France
Jun 30, 2018
Jun 30, 2018
Jun 20, 2018
2018.07 Canada
Jun 20, 2018
Jun 20, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
2018.06 Monaco
Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
May 16, 2018
2018.05 Spain
May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018
Apr 12, 2018
2018.02 Bahrain
Apr 12, 2018
Apr 12, 2018
Mar 28, 2018
2018.01 Australia
Mar 28, 2018
Mar 28, 2018
Mar 14, 2018
2018.PreSeason
Mar 14, 2018
Mar 14, 2018

State of F1

Featured
May 17, 2018
State of F1: Aero Deniers
May 17, 2018
May 17, 2018
Apr 24, 2018
State of F1: wisdom
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 12, 2018
State of F1: ON THE STATE OF f1
Apr 12, 2018
Apr 12, 2018

Twitter

  • Fernando Alonso ends his #f1 career in a fitting tribute to his last few tears by hyping up an announcement then un… https://t.co/u2PjpZijnq
    about 6 months ago
  • Fernando Alonso ends his #f1 career in a fitting tribute to his last decade by hyping up an announcement then just… https://t.co/dqLNx8vUct
    about 6 months ago
  • Fernando Alonso ends his #f1 career in a fitting tribute to his last few tears by hyping up an announcement then un… https://t.co/dXvWCLrMs7
    about 6 months ago

Powered by Squarespace