Now it’s the time to say goodbye to all F1 cars, which are screaming down the pitlane. Next-generation of F1 cars are to be powered exclusively by electricity in the pitlane from 2014, once the new turbocharged six-cylinder layouts come into force.
The rule 5.19 of the revised technical regulations says that: “The car must be run in electric mode (no ignition and no fuel supply to the engine) at all times when being driven in the pit lane.”
In order to shove the F1 grid along on electric propulsion alone during visits to the garage, the cars’ KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) systems will be uprated to 120KW. That’s 160bhp and twice what the KERS systems currently provide – so will make up quite a significant proportion of the next-generation F1 car’s power. The idea is the KERS absorbs the wasted heat of the engine and turns it into electricity, saves it in a thing, and then use it to power the car as it enters the pit lane.
Some people says that this isn’t such a good thing because a few hundred meters will not save the world, but others believe this is the best solution that could be found. This could be the end of F1, or the beginning of new era…
If you have some opinions about this you can submit it below.
Source: PistonHeads
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This is one of the worst decisions could be taken in this domain.
F1 will die for ever without that BOOOOM sound.