Category: Formula 1
Bernie likes V6 Turbo
| September 13, 2012 | Posted by admin under Ferrari, Formula 1, Mercedes, Renault |
Bernie likes V6 Turbo engine sound from Ferrari’s new 2014 prototype -the man from FOM he say “yeah” Ferrari Factory Visit Bernie Ecclestone went to the Ferrari engine factory and heard their V6 Turbo engine running and he approved of it. A trip to Maranello over the weekend of the Italian Grand Prix assured the…
One engine could dominate F1
| September 4, 2012 | Posted by admin under Ferrari, Formula 1, Red Bull |
Red Bull’s Adrian Newey has predicted that one engine manufacturer could get the upper hand with the new V6 formula, and dominate for years and years. Are people in F1 starting to get nervous about the 2014 season? – Indeed even Bernie Ecclestone should be – the racing is the closest it has ever been…
Cosworth in 2014?
| September 3, 2012 | Posted by admin under Formula 1 |
The Weekend at Spa threw up a couple of pointers to the 2014 season. Cosworth may supply engines in 2014 F1 car design may enclose the driver Cosworth have not ruled out building a new engine from scratch and supplying it in 2014. They have already agreed to supply HRT and Marussia in 2013. This…
Ferrari F1 V6 turbo engine now testing
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by admin under Ferrari, Formula 1 |
Ferrari Dyno testing their V6 turbo F1 engine for 2014 “This is a very challenging period for our powertrain people,” Luca Marmorini, the Engine and Electronics Director at Ferrari, explains in a company video. “We are working on the 2012 powertrain and the rest of the season is very important. No-one has also mentioned…
No Equivalency, No P.U.R.E, No Mercedes Factory Team…
| August 23, 2012 | Posted by admin under Formula 1, Mercedes |
So is F1 in 2014 going to be a damp squib? Well that depends, for F1 fans it may not be ideal, but from the outside world it should be more relevant to road car engine development, and for sportscar fans it may boost the number of teams running Le Mans sports prototypes? Back in…
P.U.R.E in trouble?
| August 8, 2012 | Posted by admin under Formula 1 |
We’ve seen reports that the P.U.R.E project is having problems with funding which may or may not jeopardize their participation in 2014 as an engine supplier. If this were to leave only Renault, Ferrari, and Mercedes it could lead to a 3 tier F1 …. Ferrari and it’s customers Vs Renault Engined teams Vs Mercedes/McLaren/Force…
Cosworth turbo engines in F1 2014?
| June 21, 2012 | Posted by admin under Formula 1 |
Stories are abound that with Renault now supplying Williams, and Caterham, Cosworth may not wish to build and supply engines to smaller teams in F1 in 2014. Cosworth F1 v6 Turbos? Is this just Craig Pollock trying to create some publicity for PURE? Who knows, but if the rules allowing an engine supplier to supply…
Audi R18 e-tron quattro – Le Mans Win
| June 18, 2012 | Posted by admin under Williams |
Williams KERS flywheel system has proved to be very successful at Le Mans – fitted to the winning Audi. Le Mans 2012 victory Despite their drivers having incidents with 3 hours to go, Audi managed to win the Le Mans 24 hour race with their V6 Turbo diesel engine – the 3.7L V6 is claimed…
Turbo news
| June 14, 2012 | Posted by admin under Formula 1 |
PURE are making progress, Renault say they wasted $50m on 4 cyclinder turbo engine development, and the smaller teams are worrying about how much it will cost to rent the new 1.6 litre engines. Could the V6 Turbo engine F1 be delayed? Delay? – I doubt it, I think that as the new regulations were…
PURE F1 engine illustrations
| June 8, 2012 | Posted by admin under Formula 1 |
Here we go…the first image of a 2014 spec F1 turbo engine, as released from PURE…more news to follow!
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