F1 2014 regs

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2014 F1 Technical Regulations PDF

2014 F1 Sporting Regulations PDF

Flibster said:
  • Engines will be able to be started from inside the ****pit with no additional equipment needed.
  • KERS capacity doubled - 120kW
  • Narrower front wing and simpler endplates and flaps. 1,650mm down from 1,800mm today.
  • Weight increase - 660kg up from 640kg today.
  • Minimum weight for KERS and Engine is now 155kg. Up from 95kg for the engine alone.
  • KERS only in the pit lane.
  • 8 speed gearboxes only.
  • 1.6-litre V6 engines, limited to 15,000rpm, down from 18,000 today.
  • V6 will be a fixed 90° angle with the turbo inside the V and the exhausts outside.
  • The FIA will allow a dispensation in 2014 when teams nominate which gear ratios they will use: “For 2014 only, a competitor may re-nominate these ratios once within the Championship season, in which case the original nomination becomes immediately void.
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F1 cars to use electric power in pits from 2014
F1 cars will have to run on electrical power only in the pit lane from 2014.
The technical rules for 2014 published by the FIA state cars must run “in electric mode” with “no ignition and no fuel supply to the engine at all times when being driven in the pit lane.”
 
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Liking the look, smaller front wing, double kers, kers only in pit lane.
Also very interested in as well as energy recovery from no brakes. Energy recovery from exhaust heat as well. Anyone know anything about this. This can't mean turbo as that's air flow rather than exhaust heat?

Teams will be able to use both kinetic energy recovery and, for the first time, also recover energy from exhaust heat
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One lot of gears for all races, wtf how is that going to work. Can see lap times massively increasing.
 
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Skeeter said:
What?

There is no cockup involved in stalling the car. F1 cars have had anti stall for years. This regulation is to work with the 'engine off' rule in the pitlane (i.e. the drivers can restart the engine as they roll out the end of the pitlane)
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It wouldn't need it, the kers is rotating the engine. All you need is the ecu to put fuel in and ignite it.

It does seem a bit of a random rule.
 
Skeeter said:
Yes, but like DRS and the pit lane limiter, I doubt they would allow the ignition of the engine to be automated. The driver will need to press a button to start/stop the engine as he enters/leaves the pitlane.
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I can't see how it cant be automated. It will be automated with the press of the pit lane speed limiter. It needs to control the engine, or you'll have engine breaking.

Where a start button has to do different stuff, got to be in neutral a d fire. The engine up when stationery, with fuel flow and the rest.
Where pit lane, the kers goes through the crank so the engine will be rotating.

Hopefully be lots of articles on all the aspects in the future.
 
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I don't think it's for stalling as its so rare, which is why I said it seems odd. Maybe cost/safety as kers is already in it and is essentially just a big starter motor. Making it yet another reason for teams to get to grips with it.


If it's what you suggest one button will need two ecu maps. I just can t see that happening. Pit lane limiter and a start button. I may well be wrong, but to me it does make sense to have a start button that starts the end, just because of kers in the pit lane.
 
Slam62 said:
the world really has gone stark raving mad..

F1 is not a research project, it's a flipping motor race.
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What, have you gone mad? Or are you a new follower. F1 is all about research and innovation. In rcent years more innovation than research.
 
Duke said:
Rules look good to me.
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Shame about rear wing and DRS. Other than that I agree it's pretty good. Not perfect, but certainly a lot better than recent changes.

Reading the rules, no lead based solder allowed in electrical systems, didn't know that.
 
Then you msut be well aware that research and innovation is an integral part of F1.
Electiric is the future, electric is faster than petrol. All the power from zero revs.

And at Keats these rules allow for some of that. Rather than boring lack of much in the past few years. Not perfect, but better than recent rules. Much rather jut a set fuel limit and allowed to build what ever engine and ERS they want.
 
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Totally agree and they don't want that. They are going to make sure the engines are all basically the same power and everything else.
 
And all the sponsors want to be seen to be green, so who's going to fund f1?
Surly you want fastest and in the near future that will be electric.

As guy on f1fanatic says

Red Andy said:
Got to love all the Luddites coming out in the comments here.
Like it or not, F1 has to improve its green credentials in order to survive. Yes, we all know that the carbon emissions of the cars themselves are dwarfed by the carbon cost of moving the F1 circus around the world every year. And we all know that the total carbon footprint of F1 is probably less than a sport like football, with all those spectators driving to all those games every weekend.
But it’s all about sponsorship revenue, which in turn is all about image. Some fans might like gas-guzzling V10s and V12s, but any potential advertiser that is trying to improve its green credentials won’t.
On the other hand, most fans probably don’t care about carbon footprints one way or the other. All they want to see is good racing – and I’ve seen nothing that suggests that these rule changes will harm that.
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Well I slightly disagree, with DRS harming the racing, But rest of the rules won't harm racing at all.
 
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El_Watcher said:
But being green is not really working for them is it.
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did you read the quote, it's about being seen to be green and pushing green technology. Not actually being green.


So am I reading this right?
At present that have to declare gear ratios before first race but are allowed to change those. Ratios 30 times in a season.
Then in 2014 they have to declare rations before first race and are allowed just one change
Then in 2015 they have to declare before first race and zero changes.
 
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PinkFloyd said:
I like it! :)

Just a few other things to change and F1 cars will look awesome again :D
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This, can we also bring back technology advancement.
For a start de limit KERS. If you can generate enough power to use it 30 seconds a lap then great.also like the must use KERS in pit lane, it insure everyone has it working and makes it integral.
 
1st point you can say about any failure. So non issue

2nd point I'm not sure. Although I think I've read they can only start in pit. But is it a bad. Thing if they can restart on track? They allready have a very good alto stall and its usually damage/beaching the car that stops them.
 
Skeeter said:
With KERS as it is as the moment, that would be harsh. As Webber showed yesterday having KERS fail is an inconvinence but not critical, but being disqualified from the race because he can't get into the pits for his routine stop would be very harsh.

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How is it harsh? It is no different to any number of other mechanical failures that put an end to your race.
 
Skeeter said:
Because with KERS as it is now a failure won't put an end to your race.

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So? Nore would many other mechanical failures, that will make you so slow its not worth bothering with. I'm not seeing thee issue. It's making it an integral part of the car and as such if it fails your stuffed.
 
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