Green F1 - The Return of the Turbo Era?

Green F1 - The Return of the Turbo Era?#8122

By 7UpJordan - 18 May 07, 17:06

- 18 May 07, 17:06#8122

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 668701.stm

Very interesting reading, looks like the Turbo era is coming back.

"And Mansell was lucky not to be taken off by that RIDICULOUS bit of driving by Alliot!!" - James Hunt
"AAAAAND into the pitlane..... OHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" - Murray Walker

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By Stephen - 18 May 07, 17:18

- 18 May 07, 17:18#8123

http://www.forumula1.com/2007/f1/f1-new ... w-engines/

Exciting stuff eh? Perhaps F1 will become the innovative sport it once was?

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By welshie - 18 May 07, 17:21

- 18 May 07, 17:21#8124

Don't like the idea of cutting the revs loads tho, the sound is fantastic at the min and that will be lost

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By Marco - 18 May 07, 19:14

- 18 May 07, 19:14#8127

I'd agree with that. But will turbos really deliver the 900bhp figures banded about?

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By welshie - 18 May 07, 19:16

- 18 May 07, 19:16#8128

With the technology available they could easily get 2000bhp, especially if they were managing over that amount 20 years ago!

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By Jens - 18 May 07, 20:16

- 18 May 07, 20:16#8129

I'm yet to come to a view on these regulations...Some of them seem logical, others strange and out of place in F1

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By welshie - 18 May 07, 21:09

- 18 May 07, 21:09#8132

Yeah I'd agree with that. Lets hope some serious work goes in to perfecting these regulations. We all know F1 needs to progress and move green technology forward, but it also needs to be just as exciting to watch, if not more exciting!

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By 7UpJordan - 18 May 07, 22:06

- 18 May 07, 22:06#8134

With the technology available they could easily get 2000bhp, especially if they were managing over that amount 20 years ago!

And especially most of the Turbo era cars looked like un-aerodynamic fat bricks.

"And Mansell was lucky not to be taken off by that RIDICULOUS bit of driving by Alliot!!" - James Hunt
"AAAAAND into the pitlane..... OHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" - Murray Walker

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By Boxofwonders - 19 May 07, 01:41

- 19 May 07, 01:41#8141

"Four-wheel drive, traction-control and stability-control systems" - I thought they wanted to remove driver aids?

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By deMuRe - 19 May 07, 03:51

- 19 May 07, 03:51#8142

Just turbo them off their brains, 40,000 bhp with an exhaust the size of a cruiseliner, when they take off they will be like those funnycar dragsters, half the skill in accellerating will be keeping it in a straight line when your rears are doing 400,000rpm...

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By darwin dali - 19 May 07, 05:37

- 19 May 07, 05:37#8143

MM sent his proposals to Ford and VW in order to entice them to enter F1. Well, that's okay with me, but the proposed limitation of wind tunnel usage worries me a bit: this could tempt Ford to send in its Volvo franchise. Can you imagine those boxy Volvo F1 cars duking it out against Spyker and co.? At least the entry of Ford and VW might give Toyota and Honda a fighting chance to get their asses off the rear end of the grid :twisted:

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By 7UpJordan - 19 May 07, 09:13

- 19 May 07, 09:13#8145

And perhaps this might see the return of Cosworth?

"And Mansell was lucky not to be taken off by that RIDICULOUS bit of driving by Alliot!!" - James Hunt
"AAAAAND into the pitlane..... OHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" - Murray Walker

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By madbrad - 19 May 07, 13:28

- 19 May 07, 13:28#8154

If they wanna be green howabout Hybrids or full on electrics?

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#8158

By Jens - 19 May 07, 15:10

- 19 May 07, 15:10#8158

VW will send in curvy cars based on 40 year old designs no doubt.

#8168

By vegas - 20 May 07, 00:45

- 20 May 07, 00:45#8168

Electric cars would be the way to go. Some guy in California built an electric car in his garage that could outperform any road production car except the Bugatti Veyron. All for a mere $100,000. Imagine what kind of performance an F1 team could acquire.

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