Posted on 08/05/2009 7:57:45 PM PDT by Chode
This will be a general purpose thread for F1 news and pings that really don't require a thread of their own.
They should have reversed rides, Guy in the car and David on the bike. That would have been entertaining!
...good stuff..what
100%
right!
They know how to, heck I remember back in the day when Honda was spinning motors at 23,000 RPM on a routine basis...
WOW!!!
7UP Sponsored F1...
Sales must’ve been GOOD!!!
The FIA has stepped up its clampdown on Formula 1 teams potentially trying to get a power boost by using oil as fuel, with a fresh directive to teams issued ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
While what has been a season-long focus on oil burn was initially prompted by Red Bull suspecting rivals had found a way around the regulations, it is understood the latest move has come unprompted from the FIA because it wants to ensure all teams are operating within the regulations.
With the issue first coming to light on the eve of the campaign, the FIA upped its monitoring of oil usage and its chemical composition to ensure that no wrongdoing was taking place.
However, with grounds to suspect that there could still be ways to get around the rules, the FIA has now stated explicitly that the use of chemicals in oil that could help improve combustion is not allowed.
In a note sent to teams from Marcin Budkowski, head of the F1 technical department, he is emphatic about what is and is not allowed.
Budkowski wrote: "We wish to remind you that, as previously stated in various meetings and re-emphasised in TD/004-17, we consider the use of oil as fuel to be prohibited by the Technical Regulations.
"For the avoidance of doubt, the only fuel that may be used for combustion is petrol, and the only permitted characteristics of that petrol are clearly set out in Article 19 of the Technical Regulations.
"Even though the Technical Regulations do not directly specify the permitted characteristics of engine oil used in F1, we would consider any attempt to use additional components or substances in oil for the purpose of enhancing combustion as a breach of the Technical Regulations."
Earlier this year, the F1 Commission approved a three-point plan for 2018 in a bid to stop teams from exploiting the area of oil burn.
Rule changes planned for next year include a new regulation that teams must supply the measurement of the oil level of its main tank to the FIA at all times of the event, that active control valves between the power unit and engine air intake be banned and that teams be limited to a single specification of oil per engine at a grand prix.
see above - complements of Yo-Yo... and VERY interesting!
There has been rumors of burning special ‘oil’ for more power. Now it appears to be true. Interesting to know the additives used for the power boost, burning normal motor oil would yield lower motor output.
nitro??? 8^)
Or maybe the Rocket Fuel BMW ran in the ‘80s...
Nitro...oh cool...just imagine an engine “expiring” like a top fuel dragster at Monaco in the tunnel turn on lap 2 while the field is......nawww, don’t even wanna consider the outcome
like the hand grenade engines of old...
The used to have practice, qualifying and race motors for each weekend. The engines were changed all weekend long.
yup, and some quite spectacular when they let go
Well if there is a way to make it work the F1 Teams will figure it out.
Well they are on the leading edge of Rule Interpretation.
And here is a related article where Red Bull accuses Mercedes of using engine oil during Q2 and Q3 runs to find extra speed that doesn't appear on race day:
Excerpt:
There has been much focus over the past 12 months about how Mercedes has been able to extract a decent step from its engine in qualifying, with its power advantage not so obvious in the races. One idea that emerged from rivals was that Mercedes could have been cleverly burning excess oil – with added power-boosting or anti-knock additives – to help deliver a boost when it was needed in Q2 and Q3.With F1 engines now operating on a closed system – the engine sump breather having to vent in to the main engine air intake system – the possibility of using oil as fuel has increased as it is more likely to get sucked into the chamber.
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