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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
Well, it's not that simple, is it? You could remove the current engines and put a V12 in there of the same power, achieving approximately the same speed, but at a much-reduced cost.
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But also at the cost of much more fuel. Which, again, is the whole point of the hybrid regulations. More power at lesser fuel use. It's fine if you disagree with that vision and think that's not what F1 is supposed to be but at that point I'm not sure what there's left to discuss.
It's a moot point anyway, for a long time now F1 regulations have been meant to slow the cars down, not to make them fast (2017 was a pretty big anomaly in that regard). Anyone can draw up a set of regulations on a napkin that would be far cheaper but at the same time much much faster than F1. But that's not the reality. If you want to set up a series like that, who do you envision is going to foot the bill? Even if it is much cheaper than F1.