Max Mosley has proposed a new engine rule for 2011 where Formula 1 would see their 2.4-litre V8 engines being exchanged for eco-friendly 2.2-litre turbocharged V6 engines running on biofuel. The engines could develop around 770 horsepower, which is about 100 horsepower less than F1's current engines.
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If all goes as Mosley plans there will also be a restriction to the number of revs. The limit would be set at 10,000rpm, down from 19,000rpm, which would make Formula 1 must quieter than the current cars. The engines would have to last for five Grand Prix weekends, instead of the current two.

why the F1 are going to reduce power and so on years after years. it's not the tradition of F1 already. HP has been lower, noise is lower, rpm is lower, wat else to be lower?

tickets?

F1 will going to be not exciting as before i think if it keep lower down everything

why you worry? These cars are just as quick anyways about 1 second slower than 2004 cars only...but that was compared to the F2004 rite? Which totally dominated the whole season and made things "uninteresting"

ah, I know...maybe its not interesting coz Michael isn't around anymore

No, the cars are definately MUCH more slower. And the V6 + the 10,000RPM limit will slow that to a point where even US CART and INDY series will be faster. C'mon man, use your brain. 19,000rpm vs 10,000 rpm. Which will give out more power on low end torque? And the 10,000 will be hitting the redline midway down the straight!
No way jose.

And about Max and Bernie, they really need to get out, fast. Get out before fans alienate this series.

If adopted, radical new engine regulations could be set to change the face of Formula 1 from 2011 according to a document outlining the FIA's proposals for the future of the sport which have been sent to all current F1 manufacturers, the latest issue of F1 Racing magazine (on sale from Tuesday) reveals.

As previously suggested by the FIA, the new rules, if adopted, would dramatically change the way the sport approaches engine technology and will rely heavily on renewable sources of energy to power F1.

The proposals outline potential regulations for 2011-2014 that have been designed with the FIA's president Max Mosley's stated long-term aims in mind - namely to reduce costs and make F1 more environmentally friendly and road relevant.

It was sent to the manufacturers by Mosley and former BMW CEO Burkhard Goschel, the chairman of the Formula One Manufacturers' Advisory Commission, and was drawn up by the governing body's technical consultants Tony Purnell and Peter Wright.

The proposals were sent to the manufacturers, and not the teams' management, directly as they mainly concern powertrain (engine) regulations.

And these proposals include a turbo-compounded 2.2-litre V6 engine formula, with the power units to run on bio-fuel rather than the current unleaded fuel.

The engines would produce around 770bhp (including a kinetic energy recovery system) with the maximum revs limited to 10,000rpm.

Engines would be required to last five grands prix, as opposed to the two currently, with the fuel savings thanks to the lower revs expected to be about 30 per cent.

Further mooted proposals include cars to be fitted with traction control, four-wheel drive and a 13-second-per-lap, driver controlled, power-boost function in a bid to aid overtaking.

The document also states that all development that cannot be classified as powertrain development - for example aerodynamics - should be "severely constrained".

In addition to all current F1 manufacturers, the document was sent to both Ford and Volkswagen-Audi, who may join the sport in the future.

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No, the cars are definately MUCH more slower. And the V6 + the 10,000RPM limit will slow that to a point where even US CART and INDY series will be faster. C'mon man, use your brain. 19,000rpm vs 10,000 rpm. Which will give out more power on low end torque? And the 10,000 will be hitting the redline midway down the straight!
No way jose.

And about Max and Bernie, they really need to get out, fast. Get out before fans alienate this series.

Organisers of the Australian Grand Prix have been told to stage a night race next year or forego a contract extension after the event in 2010.

The Adelaide newspaper Sunday Mail will on Sunday quote F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone as warning that only a floodlit race held after 9pm at Albert Park next March may be enough to satisfy the sport's officialdom.

"Unless they (organisers) can come up with something that's going to satisfy us I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be able to continue there," he said, not long after inking a deal with Singapore for the first ever night race in 2008.

The news is just the latest instalment in the flagging fortunes of the Melbourne race, which has suffered growing losses and declining crowd numbers and local sponsorship in recent years.

Ecclestone said GP boss Ron Walker knows about his demands for a night race. 

"Ron is not stupid and he knows exactly what is at stake," the 76-year-old Briton said, although an insider at the Australian Grand Prix Corporation warned that it is unlikely to happen.

"To have Formula One cars hooning around Albert Park at 9pm won't go down well with the locals and it's a family event, so afternoon is obviously the ideal time," the unnamed insider said.

A Victorian government spokesman, however, insisted: "We will be seeking to keep the event in Melbourne."