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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
Adrian Newey basically said this in his book. Very little technology carries over to road cars, and road car manufacturers aren't constrained by the same type of regulations as racing engines, so it's all a bit pointless.
Open engine formula please!
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It does need to be borne in mind, though, that the primary reason that Mercedes started, and to a certain respect remain, streets ahead of their PU manufacturing rivals is because they had been working on similar technology for their road going vehicles for years before the new PUs were mandated for F1. Many of the engineers and technicians who joined the engine facility to produce the current PUs actually came across from their truck and car divisions because they had been working along parallel lines.
Don't forget that Renault, with the backing of Ferrari, persuaded the FIA to delay the introduction of these PUs by a year because they were no-where near ready, whilst Mercedes had been well on target. And even then, Mercedes' units were almost bullet-proof, whilst the Renaults couldn't even get out of the garages for the pre-season testing sessions.