FIA lays out five-year plan for F1 . . .

[eHoward]

http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/08122006/23/ ... an-f1.html

FIA lays out five-year plan for F1.
Fri 08 Dec, 4:34 PM

The FIA, Formula One's governing body has announced that the sport will undergo 'significant change' over the next five years and beyond, as apart of a plan to revamp the series.

The proposals were discussed by the World Motor Sport Council in Monaco on December 8 and following agreement between the FIA and the GPMA - Grand Prix Manufacturers' Association, four key objectives were confirmed in a bid to continue to grow the sport, namely:

1. To promote research relevant to the motor industry (and society in general);

2. To eliminate developments which do not meet these criteria;

3. To reduce costs while improving cost effectiveness and to keep;

4. [and] To augment, the image and excitement of Formula One as the world's leading motor sport category;

In a bid to meet these objectives, the following agenda was agreed for the next five years, although the WMSC acknowledged that 'a number of these points, particularly from 2010 onwards, will require careful examination with GPMA and detailed input from car industry experts.'

The five-year plan is as follows:

2008

- regulations as published but possible elimination of aerodynamic appendices (barge boards, winglets, chimneys, etc) forward of rear wheel centreline and behind front wheel centreline (subject to unanimous agreement of competing teams);

- possible sporting regulations to restrict the use of wind tunnels and/or models for use in wind tunnels and/or test rigs (subject to the consent of a majority of competing teams);

- (existing 2.4 litre engine remains frozen)

2009

- energy recovery and re-use from braking

- reduction of 50 per cent of downforce

- aerodynamic and other changes to facilitate overtaking

- existing 2.4 litre engine remains frozen or, possibly, a four-race drive train (engine and transmission)

2010

- a proportion of waste heat recovered and used to propel the car

- a proportion of waste energy from exhaust gases recovered and used to propel the car

- wholly or partially standardised aerodynamics (or, possibly, new rules to encourage road-relevant research into aerodynamics)

- (existing 2.4 litre engine remains frozen, or, if applicable, four-race drive train remains frozen)

2011

- perhaps a new four-race engine including

- high-efficiency turbocharging

- fuel (energy) flow limits

- direct injection

- downsizing so as to ensure very high (15000+) rpm

- bio fuels (possible freedom to use any bio fuel, with a limited maximum energy flow rate rather than a maximum fuel flow rate)

- perhaps a new approach to the chassis with

- further reductions in downforce

- greater emphasis on cornering performance and handling by means of chassis, suspension, and brake management

- complete freedom to use electronics to make the car more energy-efficient (drive train, etc, management)

- possibly also free up driver-aid electronics

- materials ¨C limitations on materials to bring them more into line with those used in road cars

- other road-relevant technologies

2012

- new engine as above

- It is proposed that the foregoing should be a basis for discussion. There may be other interesting and important technologies as well as areas of research which are not mentioned.

The FIA also added that 'everything will be on the principle that new technologies, or rather the relevant devices, shall be freely available for sale to any team which wants them at an easily affordable price'.

The FIA senate meanwhile has been mandated to finalise its regulation changes to the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship, following a meeting on December 19 2006. These will be voted on before December 31 2006, in order for them to be incorporated into that championship.

[eHoward]

strange stuff.

[Fastback86]

They went with all that, but they shit-canned rotary valves? Ok...

[Series8217]

They went with all that, but they shit-canned rotary valves? Ok...

First thing I thought about too. If they really care about promoting research relevant to the motor industry they're going to have to free up engine restrictions..

[TrotFox]

It almost sounds like they're tring to limit research into better fuel use in favor of researching energy recovery/reuse systems. Why can't we let the teams decide how they want to get faster?

Red 5spd Formula
Trot, the confused, fox...

[The Dark Side of Will]

that was my thought. Who the F@#% decides what's the best technology to research that's most applicable to road cars? Shouldn't manufacturers of road cars and the market for road cars decide that?

Is F1 going to be a grid full of open wheel Toyota Prii in 10 years? 10 gallons of fuel per car per race?

[whipped]

They went with all that, but they shit-canned rotary valves? Ok...

x4 :withstupid:

[Series8217]

Is F1 going to be a grid full of open wheel Toyota Prii in 10 years? 10 gallons of fuel per car per race?

Yes

[p8ntman442]

- possibly also free up driver-aid electronics

OHH SHIT, dont let trevor see that!