2014 - McLaren Engine - Is Perez and Indication?

[Raptor22]

theres still scope for innovation. The problem is if you find a reliablity issue, you're stuck with the design for the season. No OEM is going to risk its reputation on carrying a fault for a season.

[Nando]

Like what innovation?

[Raptor22]

there's a few gaps in conrod design, piston design, ancillary equipment.
Admittedly there's probably not enough there to interest the more innovative OEM's too much but this is what we have since Mosley's budget cap was shot down.
Now F1 is like Communism

[Nando]

Turning into a spec series

Everyone will run the same monotone engines with exactly the same power and exactly the same fuel consumption. (not really)
Having another engine war might actually bring in the big manufacturers and let them develop engines.

The only two teams that would "suffer" would be Mercedes and Ferrari but these are two giants in the car industry.

It could actually have some form of relevance to the car industry now that the whole world is shifting to turbo-charged engines.

[Slife]

If we assumed that Vettel was going to Ferrari for 2014, than it would make sense for Ferrari not to secure Perez, only to dump him 1 year later and possibly ruin his career. By letting him go to McLaren, Perez can get more experience working in a top team, and when Alonso retires, Perez can come in and join Vettel at Ferrari.

Speaking about the engines, I believe BMW like to get creative and place their turbo between the two cylinder banks, which I don't think is premitted in the 2014 engine regs ?

http://www.bimmerboost.com/images/impor ... 03/755.jpg

[Nando]

"Along the car´s centerline" is what i can find.
Not sure if placing them between the banks is legal as they have been pushing for with their road cars.

[marcush.]

If we assumed that Vettel was going to Ferrari for 2014, than it would make sense for Ferrari not to secure Perez, only to dump him 1 year later and possibly ruin his career. By letting him go to McLaren, Perez can get more experience working in a top team, and when Alonso retires, Perez can come in and join Vettel at Ferrari.

Speaking about the engines, I believe BMW like to get creative and place their turbo between the two cylinder banks, which I don't think is premitted in the 2014 engine regs ?

http://www.bimmerboost.com/images/impor ... 03/755.jpg

What is creative in this? Audi won in lemans the second (?)time this year running a HOT V -6 configuration and BMW,Mercedes Porsche (very flat v) are alread y or very soon in series productionwith this.

[Slife]

If we assumed that Vettel was going to Ferrari for 2014, than it would make sense for Ferrari not to secure Perez, only to dump him 1 year later and possibly ruin his career. By letting him go to McLaren, Perez can get more experience working in a top team, and when Alonso retires, Perez can come in and join Vettel at Ferrari.

Speaking about the engines, I believe BMW like to get creative and place their turbo between the two cylinder banks, which I don't think is premitted in the 2014 engine regs ?

http://www.bimmerboost.com/images/impor ... 03/755.jpg

What is creative in this? Audi won in lemans the second (?)time this year running a HOT V -6 configuration and BMW,Mercedes Porsche (very flat v) are alread y or very soon in series productionwith this.

Creative in that it seems that it won't be allowed in F1. And they are already in production.

[tathan]

Ultimately Mclaren needs to build their own powertrain -simply because they already do this with their roadcars.

The engine that Ricardo designed and built for them?

[Slife]

The engine that Ricardo designed and built for them?

Well I'm sure the McLaren PR team would prefer to say it was developped in a high tech engineering firm.