Formula 1 teams and fans of all colors can agree: These muted, altogether unsatisfying sounds from the turbocharged hybrid engines adopted this year need to go. But Mercedes is not agreeing with the crowd.
Mercedes-AMG Petronas chairman and F1 champ Niki Lauda told Worldwide Motorsport Media that, “If V-8 comes back, Mercedes will be gone.” Lauda was referencing the ever-clearer possibility that F1 rules may create off the complicated 1.6-liter turbo V-6 engines and electric motors that the FIA mandated for the 2014 season. F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone stated last week that “we require to modify the regulations” and would “try to get rid of these (V-6) engines.”
There’s zero incentive for Mercedes-AMG Petronas to switch back, as the Silver Arrow has won all but 3 of the 18 races run this season, with the final race of the year happening in Abu Dhabi on November 23. Final month, the team clinched its initial-ever constructor’s championship and even taunted Ferrari outside the Italian team’s Maranello headquarters. The exact same engine powers 3 other F1 teams such as McLaren, Williams, and Force India, and Mercedes would extremely much like to see these contracts continue in order to pay off its substantial R&D bill.
Mercedes-Benz AMG 1.6-liter turbo V-6 F1 engine
The present season killed the naturally aspirated 2.4-liter V-8s that had been in location since 2006. Those engines wailed to 18,000 rpm and made 750 horsepower—or higher in short bursts thanks to the KERS technique. They were reportedly less expensive to create, too, which is why lower-spending budget teams like Caterham aren’t in enjoy with the newer engines, which can make only 600 horsepower and have 2 sophisticated electric motors that can boost horsepower to about 760 for 33 seconds on every single lap.
Even Ferrari, facing gloomy final results on track, voiced the possibility in June that it may leave F1 for sports-auto racing since “nobody watches racing for the efficiency, come on.” Renault, the only other engine manufacturer, has voiced equivalent issues and could force F1, by way of a majority vote with Ferrari, to relax the rulebook on engine development beginning in 2016. Honda, even so, decided to return to F1 for 2015 after a 6-year absence because of the stricter fuel-efficient regulations, such as limiting fuel to roughly 35 gallons per vehicle in every race. Honda will replace Mercedes as the energy behind McLaren starting in March. Whatever happens, we hope F1 clears its throat and gets back to getting loud and proud.
Formula 1 Discusses Return to V-8s, Mercedes Says It Will Leave F1 If That Happens
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