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I was thinking the same - nice but a long time away from completion. I wonder if teams will have the same low grip as Russia with the new surface.
Ferrari have already said they do not have the resources in place to supply 2015 engines next year.
Well there is thatJust a pity that virtually everything about the BBC F1 coverage is actually quite ****
I believe they said they would supply 2015 engines but did not have the resources to supply 2016 units.
http://adamcooperf1.com/2015/09/28/...saga-critical-as-ferrari-offers-2015-engines/
Formula 1's engine manufacturers and the FIA have agreed to allow in-season development for 2016, Autosport has learned.
Under the present regulations the amount of tokens available for development was due to decrease from the 32 available this year to 25 for next season.
The systems were set for homologation by the end of February
Hybrids are the now and the near future. Na/turbo engines are the past and should stay there for everyone's collective good.F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone was rumoured to be considering options to the current 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged hybrid systems, such as a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6 or a pre-2014 V8.
But despite it being recognised sustainability is key to the future of the smaller teams, and a standardised customer engine could be a way forward, that idea has been comprehensively rejected
Great, so now Mercedes will upgrade their engine and not sell it to their customer, and half the grid will be using old engines too.
May as well present them the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 WDC and WCC titles now and save ourselves the "omg F1 is so boring, the same guys keep winning" threads.
But on a side note, Manor must be laughing themselves to sleep at the moment! They have secured a current spec Mercedes deal while theres every chance the guys in front of them will be using year old engines!
Not even a hint of a mention of RBR though...
I have not kept up with recent engine specs, could someone explain the difference between a works and customer engine, is the power output capped, upgrdes withheld, or something else?
I see, thanks for the infoThe main difference is in integration in the design of the car, hence why McLaren knew they needed to move away from Mercedes in order to have a chance of winning in the future (though they're certainly no closer to that!).
The second difference is when we have in-season upgrades, where teams won't get those upgrades - Mercedes have already said that their customers won't get the upgrades they introduced at Monza.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/121347
Formula 1's engine manufacturers and the FIA have agreed to allow in-season development for 2016, Autosport has learned
Woohooo!!!
Seems like it's time to stop following F1. What is to stop Mercedes or Ferrari to produce under powered "new spec" engines that they will sell to other teams to upgrade them after first or 2nd race to give themselves 2 or 3 seconds advantage for rest of the season.