FIA to reduce a cars turbo as a penalty in '14?

Duke · 30 Apr 2013 at 19:19

There are reports that the FIA and the teams are discussing a new way of penalising drivers in 2014 and beyond, when the cars will be powered by 1.6 litre V6 turbo-charged engines.

At present, penalties for minor incidents range from drive-through penalties to post-race time additions - the equivalent of a drive-through but applied once the race has finished.

It's believed the FIA and the teams have discussed the idea of reducing the power produced by the turbo charger for a set amount of time as an additional penalty for a minor infringement.

With the new power units for 2014, race control has the ability to monitor the turbo-boost, and it would only require a small change to the electronic control unit (ECU) software to allow them to regulate it too.

This would give them the ability to slightly reduce a cars power for a certain amount of time, for example 10 laps, to penalise a driver for causing an incident. The driver would still be in the race and able to defend his position, but he would be at a slight disadvantage to those around him.

The idea is just a proposal at present and nothing has been agreed with regards to new penalties.

http://www.f1times.co.uk/news/display/07524

This could be a different way of giving out smaller penalties, there does seem to be a lack of pit lane drive through or penalties compared to a few years ago or so. Thoughts?

Duke · 30 Apr 2013 at 19:41

JRS said:
Oh yeah, I can see that working well....Race Control being able to alter boost levels on a car will just open up a warehouse full of canned worms. They can't even get dashboard warnings to work properly right now, what happens if someone gets their engine turned down by accident?

Don't give them ideas

Duke · 1 May 2013 at 08:26

That's a fresh and new idea never bounded on here before

Duke · 1 May 2013 at 19:13

Skeeter said:
What a new and fresh ide.... oh.

Where is the yawn smiley again?

Duke · 3 May 2013 at 23:11

drunkenmaster said:
Two cars, both Mclarens, forced cars off the track

They did nothing of the such.

Duke · 4 May 2013 at 21:01

drunkenmaster said:
Yes, they absolutely did, Button had a car alongside him and proceeded to take a line that left no room for the car alongside to stay on the track, this is called forcing a car off the track, there is multiple angles and video proof. Perez then did it to Alonso.

They knew the road was running out and should have backed out.