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Originally Posted by Mike Bell
The first. Two engines per car per season....  |
So the spot price value of the car, potentially, falls as the season passes and it uses up its "engine allowance" for the year?
Does a car that starts the year with last year's engine still have 2 engines in hand or does what planned life is left in last year's engine count as one engine for this year?
I would have thought that economics (for the maintainers perhaps, rather than the owners but still ....) would suggest not a limit per se but a penalty for exceeding the limit. Effectively an "indulgence" payment whether financial, points (in the championship rounds) or grid/laps penalty.
Ditto rev limits.
There must come a point where for technical reasons it would be better to simply record engine revs and penalise excess in some way without compromising existing build regulations and older technology.
All of that said one has to wonder why these sorts of rules are found to be necessary in a hobby sport mainly supported by enthusiasts.