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[CookinFlat6]

Nicos lap was set with 2/3rds fuel on board.

For arguments sake lets assume that the Fuel Consumption is 100kg / 56 laps = ~2kg per lap with an average fuel weight time penalty of 0.06 s / kg then ignoring SCs etc ball park figure is 2.4 seconds

And thats assuming Nicos fastest lap was the quickest he could go with that fuel on board, which we know it wasnt as he was just making a gap.

My maths is off top of my head and couls be wrong but I think we can safely conclude that the (Merc) engines are already faster than last year on less fuel, with less noise, with less downforce and with more robust tyres

There are no grounds for any fuss at all, especially as during the race there was no visible fuel saving different to what has happened in the last few years when cars started off under fueled

[spankyham]

(we had a bit of a hiccup and misplaced the previous turbo engine thread) while we figure out what to do with that, I had a couple of points for Spanky.

The fast lap this year was about 3.2 seconds slower than the fast lap last year. The big difference however was that fast lap here was set VERY early on... lap 19 if I remember correctly. Given all of the savings mode. Not just for fuel conservation but for reliability. So with that being said, there is quite a bit more headroom in these cars. I know you've been struggling with the speed and the conservation, but it's the very first year, first time out. Mark my words, in a couple of years we'll be equaling and then besting V8 times once again. It's what the sport always does. When that happens however, they'll be doing that with a considerable amount of knowledge gained and using 30% less fuel.

F1 has always been the pinnacle or racing, but it is also the pinnacle of racing engineering and as far as I'm concerned, I'm willing to suffer through the growing pains to gain that knowledge and engineering know how because it will ultimately make an impact in fuel efficiency for the industry as a whole.

Misplaced? That's a nice way of putting it,
I am definitely hoping these cars will at least match the V8s, and I'm willing to give them time, but I just hope it happens

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[1Lemon]

Merc just tweeted

If your average road car used the same technology as the #F1 power unit, you'd have the same power output

Am I mis-reading this, or is this a bit of no-shit-sherlock; if my car had the same Power Unit as an F1 car, it'd output the same amount of power...

[Hammer278]

Merc just tweeted

If your average road car used the same technology as the #F1 power unit, you'd have the same power output

Am I mis-reading this, or is this a bit of no-shit-sherlock; if my car had the same Power Unit as an F1 car, it'd output the same amount of power...

Bro.

"If your average road car used the same technology as in F1 PU"

Does not equal to "We putting dat engine in your Honda Civic"

[1Lemon]

Merc just tweeted

If your average road car used the same technology as the #F1 power unit, you'd have the same power output

Am I mis-reading this, or is this a bit of no-shit-sherlock; if my car had the same Power Unit as an F1 car, it'd output the same amount of power...

Bro.

"If your average road car used the same technology as in F1 PU"

Does not equal to "We putting dat engine in your Honda Civic"

Well no, but if they put the same technology it doesn't necessarily mean it will have the same power output. I.E. if I put my processor of my phone into a laptop that has more Memory, it will be the same processor technology but it'll be a different output because it'll be faster (Kinda)

Edit: How great would that engine be in a Honda civic!!!

[myownalias]

Edit: How great would that engine be in a Honda civic!!!

Probably not that great as you'd have to get it fixed every 200-300 miles!

[1Lemon]

Edit: How great would that engine be in a Honda civic!!!

Probably not that great as you'd have to get it fixed every 200-300 miles!

And that's different to a normal Honda Civic how?

[stonemonkey]

Does not equal to "We putting dat engine in your Honda Civic"

Why not? Renault did it with an espace.

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[Hammer278]

I was talking about Merc's tweet, not whether it had been done before.

[NHcheese]

Why not just add another cylinder. I dont see why not.

[Hammer278]

Why not just add another cylinder. I dont see why not.

Why don't you show those guys how to develop a V7.

[NHcheese]

Why not just add another cylinder. I dont see why not.

Why don't you show those guys how to develop a V7.

Easy! Get another cylinder. And glue it on!!

[CookinFlat6]

Why not just add another cylinder. I dont see why not.

Why not just turn the volume switch up

[1Lemon]

Why not just add another cylinder. I dont see why not.

Why don't you show those guys how to develop a V7.

Easy! Get another cylinder. And glue it on!!

Just one on the back, so it goes

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[myownalias]

Edit: How great would that engine be in a Honda civic!!!

Probably not that great as you'd have to get it fixed every 200-300 miles!

And that's different to a normal Honda Civic how?

I've never driven a Civic so I can't comment...; I may have done if the US version was the same as the UK version with the triangular exhausts!