Turbocharged engine regulations will return to formula one probably in 2011, FIA president Max Mosley said this week. Whilst declaring peace with the carmaker union GPDA’s Burkhard Goeschel in Munich, Mosley suggested that the end of normally-aspirated engines in Grand Prix racing will coincide with a more environmentally friendly sport of the future.
“The capacity would be up for discussion because we don’t want to have a ridiculous level of horsepower,” he said, adding that the engines would rev to a minimum of 15,000rpm and use ‘bio fuel’.
Mosley also said the final ‘fuel burning’ stage of the current qualifying system is bad for F1’s image and a tweak is possible for 2007. He said that “f we want to change that for 2007 we need unanimity. One of the suggestions is that we take five minutes off and allow an extra set of tyres. Then you are going to see non-stop action.”
In a Q&A published on the FIA’s website on Thursday, Mosley also said he would probably retire before 2010.
In the current trackside discussions about possible new rules for the future, some teams are pushing for a radical change on the engine front. According to the largest Austrian daily, Kronen Zeitung, Renault and also BMW are fully behind the push for small turbo-charged engines for the 2012 season and beyond.
The newspaper said those teams have proposed a 1.5L capacity for the turbos, with 1.5 bar boost.
Ferrari’s current reliability problems aside, it is no surprise the Italian marque’s rivals are pushing for the end to the current 2.4L normally-aspirated V8 era.
One key speed trap at the Valencia circuit last weekend captured Sebastien Bourdais (313kmh), Kimi Raikkonen (313), Sebastian Vettel (313), Felipe Massa (312) and Adrian Sutil (311) monopolising the top five positions in terms of sheer top-end grunt. All of the aforementioned drivers use Ferrari engines.
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better yet 1.0 V12 turbo + compressor and 16.000 rpm
