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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
Each PU costs approx $10m (Mercedes apparently $14 per unit). They get, what 5? So you're at $50m a year for engines? The maths problem here is obvious.
$1.4bn for 1 teams engines. That would've covered the entire grid before (again, adjusting for inflation).
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Hey, I am
all for sticking these things in the Grand Prix cars! 12 cylinders arranged in a 60-degree Vee just as the motoring Gods intended.
https://www.cosworth.com/case_studies/t-50/
At 178kg (being a 100,000 mile road car engine) it is a little heavy, but it could be possible to get the weight down closer to 100kg for racing. But I don't think it is going to happen though.
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Originally Posted by chillibowl
specifically, should F1 be responding to environmental concerns and or/ the manus need to address these issues in the rules they put forward.
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Do GMA T50 (or Ferrari 812 etc) buyers feel as if they are personally murdering seals and polar bears, or do they not care about the poor optics of driving around in a high-revving gas guzzler spewing out pollution for nothing more than their personal entertainment?
In places like Australia or the United States which don't have CO2 road tax, gas guzzling pollution-spewing 6.2 litre Holden Commodores or Chevrolet Silverados are still viable daily transportation for the middle classes... An untenable situation and social embarrassment for drivers of said vehicles?
It such a confusing situation. On the one hand, a wail of a naturally aspirated V12 or rumble of a Chevrolet V8 is something "petrolheads" find glorious, on the other hand it is socially repulsive and a massive social faux pas by modern standards -- as the day of ICE vehicles being "romantic, freedom machines" is apparently long gone.