Paddy Lowe says new engine regulations will not change minds of circuit organisers – Formula 1 news
McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe has thrashed rumours that the organisers of different Formula 1 venues might not want to host races anymore since the engines will not be powerful enough starting from 2014 and the feel of the sport might get affected
negatively.
“I think it sounds like a great formula. I think the high-speed V6 turbo sounds exciting, it's a unique engine package actually, I don't think there's ever been that particular formula or that solution seen in motor racing,” said Lowe.
According to some recent reports, Formula 1 Management chief Bernie Ecclestone and Australian Grand prix promoter Ron Walker said that because of the engine regulation changes, the organisers of the circuits might want to host IndyCar racing rather than
Formula 1.
These regulation changes are going to be made mainly to make the sport more efficient and to cut down the fuel costs of the cars since Formula 1 is currently going through a major financial crisis and the future does not look very bright.
As a result, the officials of the sport have decided to introduce turbocharged V6 engines which are going to go up to 15,000 rpm (revolutions per minute) which is 3,000 rpm less than the current V8 engines.
Bernie claims that this drop in engine power is going to affect the sound of a Formula 1 engine as a result of which the ticket sales will drop as well. He said most of the spectators come to watch a Formula 1 race mainly because of the ‘environment’ of
the sport.
“I think the teams will generally want to keep the revs as high as makes sense. It's a new one; I have seen various threats about running IndyCars instead which seems somewhat ironic because I don't think the IndyCar engine is particularly loud or particularly
high-revving, I think it's a 12,000rpm engine,” added McLaren’s technical director.
Nevertheless, we would have to wait until 2014 to see how much the sport changes as it is believed that the Kinetic Energy Recovery System will become much more powerful which might compensate for the rpm loss.
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