One engine rule

[Wrex]

This is starting to bother me.

I love the idea in theory, but I can't see it working in reality. The idea the manufacturers can showcase something else is wonderful, but won't the R&D of this make them spend even more money?

How do they police it? Whats stopping the teams replacing the engine?

And the penalties? I can't see away that if an engine fails, the penalty won't be too harsh (and thus effect the World championship unfairly) or so easy that it almost becomes worth it to blow an engine for the extra performance.

Also what about the teams currently purchasing last years engines like Sauber? Can they afford to buy a latest spec engine or will this send more teams to the wall?

[fousto]

It will never work > Honda is trying to figure out how to change a engine during a pit stop!!

[Logrence]

Policing it is going to be the hardest part - it's a great idea in theory, but so is communism. The costs of the engines will spiral...but compared to however many engines they bring each weekend - 4/5/6? I suppose the production costs will be greatly reduced.

[JonesF1]

Bernie might as well scrap the idea and give every team $5 because thats all there going to save. An average manufacturer makes 200 engines a year, counting a bunch of blow ups in practice and qualifying the most thatll ever be raced is 50. Even if the 6gp/engine rule is enforced teams will still make at least 150 engines, then add engineers, R&D, facilities, dynos, electronics, and all that mess. Do the math, its a drop in the bucket.

[Jukebox]

Originally posted by Wrex
Also what about the teams currently purchasing last years engines like Sauber? Can they afford to buy a latest spec engine or will this send more teams to the wall?

I wouldn't worry much about Sauber as Petronas are known to have buckets of money and they have scrapped the gp 250 yamaha factory engine team to concentrate on F1 and WSBK with Carl Foggarty.

[avsfan733]

its just moronic!!! the same thing will happen as if they had banned track testing. the only difference will be that instead of a million dollars worth of production, it will be half a million in production, and half a million in testing these engines to get the same performance out of them and still have them last the specified distance. And what parts can't u change? say the rule was a full season on one engine... why not just cast the engine block as part of the chassis and just rebuild it between sessions. The only change being a seriously more open job market for the mechanics who presently work in top feul dragsters rebuilding engines in 45 minutes