Cosworth also questions 2013 V4 engine regulations after Renault – Formula 1 news
Engine-supplying company of Formula 1, Cosworth has become the second one to question the logic of providing V4 engines to the sport starting from the 2013 season after Renault.
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has decided to change the sport drastically in 2013 as the V8 engines are going to be replaced by the four cylinder turbo-powered engines. However, most of the engine-supplying companies of the sport have questioned
this change asking for details amongst which, Cosworth is now another company.
“We want clarity. If it's a 1.6-litre motor, fine, we'll be there. If not, we've got a V8 that we can continue with. We're agnostic. We don't have to have a V8 or V12 or an in-line four. If the F1 rules required a single-cylinder two-stroke, we'd be there.
The FIA president has said he's listening and taking in everything we're saying. We just want a resolution,” Cosworth boss Mark Gallagher told the media.
Cosworth recently had a meeting with the F1 Commission after which they have stated that they would like to discuss this issue on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 with the organisers of the sport.
These regulations were passed by the FIA in order to make Formula 1 “a greener sport” and to cut the yearly expenditures of the sport drastically since it is currently going through a financial crisis.
Most of the well-known figures of the sport including Ferrari’s president Luca di Montezemolo and Formula 1 Management’s CEO Bernie Ecclestone have spoken against these regulation changes as they believe that these changes are going to change the feel of
the sport.
Other than that, even the engine-supplying companies including Renault and now Cosworth have stated their concerns regarding these changes as a result of which they are now demanding for some clarification regarding these regulations.
“There's a big concern on our side because the new rules have no cost restrictions applied. So the manufacturers can spend a huge amount of money and we would have a space race around the new engine formula, which was never the idea,” Gallagher added.
According to some recent reports on the other hand, it has been revealed that the FIA and some stakeholders are going to hold a meeting this coming Wednesday to discuss this matter with some of the representatives from each team. Let’s see how it unfolds.
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