However it doesn't work like that. Within 6 weeks everyone's found the 0.2s and you're back to exactly the same situation of spending huge amounts for tiny fractions of a second.
Engine development is not as expensive as you think unless you are really pushing the boundaries
Just what exactly is your engineering background?
The fact that I'm doing a Masters in it, which includes designing our own engine(s)?
Oh christ, just what we need, someone else who now thinks he knows it all . And to think you were an arrogant naff before...
The major changes will be:
* Much smaller front and rear wings;
* A far greater proportion of the total downforce of the cars will be created by the underfloor, compared to the wings;
* A major reduction in the amount of total downforce created by the car;
* To achieve this, the underfloor of the cars will be shaped along its length to generate downforce for the first time since the 1982 season - currently cars have bottoms that are flat between the wheels;
* The average proportion of a lap that a driver is able to spend on full throttle to be cut from 70% in 2010 to 50% in 2013;
* Tyres will remain large and chunky to ensure cornering speeds remain high.
Still the end of the world as we know it? (This being the internet, I'm sure the answer will be yes)
Sounds good, but with the lower downforce AND low power engines the laptimes will come close to GP2 I would thinkSo everyone that's moaned about "too much aero grip" will apparently get their wish granted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9307861.stm
Still the end of the world as we know it? (This being the internet, I'm sure the answer will be yes)
What is nano metal?
That sounds terrifically futuristic.
Chunks of metal such as iron, aluminium or boron are the thing, he believes. Turn them into powder with grains just nanometres across and the stuff becomes highly reactive. Ignite it, and it releases copious quantities of energy. With a modified engine and a tankful of metal, Beach calculates that an average saloon car could travel three times as far as the equivalent petrol-powered vehicle. Better still, because of the way that this metal nano-fuel burns, it is almost completely non-polluting. That means no carbon dioxide, no dust, no soot and no nitrogen oxides. What's more, this fuel is fully rechargeable: treat your spent nanoparticles with a little hydrogen and the stuff can be burnt again and again. It could spell the start of a new iron age, and not just for cars. All kinds of engines, from domestic heating units to the turbines in power stations, could be adapted to burn metal.
Topping up your tank with what are essentially iron filings might sound bizarre, but vehicles can run on all sorts of materials, from methane to coal dust or gunpowder. So why not metal too? After all, burning a heap of powdered iron releases almost twice as much energy as the same volume of petrol. And replacing iron with boron gives you five times as much (see Graph).
Sounds good, but with the lower downforce AND low power engines the laptimes will come close to GP2 I would think
Given that in the last few decades, teams have always clawed back performance losses, I find it difficult to believe that all of a sudden, in 2011 - 2014, they will suddenly have lost this ability.
This isn;t the past though, talking about 2013 rules, where exactly are they going to make it up?