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Titolo: [ENG] Mosley punts for new Formula 1 rules in 2011

Source: 
grandprix.com
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns19163.html
According to reports in today's F1 Racing monthly magazine, the FIA is
now making the first steps towards the introduction of 2.2-litre V6
turbocharged engines, running on biodiesel fuels, in F1 in 2011. The
reports suggest that the engines will be restricted to 10,000rpm and that
they will have to survive for five Grand Prix. The idea, which we
suggested might happen back in November last year is being proposed to
the automobile manufacturers. It remains to be seen whether the proposals
will be embraced by the car companies. In addition the proposals include
a number of other controversial ideas, such as traction-control,
four-wheel-drive, power-boost buttons and identical bodywork for all the
teams. Some of these are idea have been pushed by FIA President Max
Mosley in the past and are probably included in the proposals to see what
he can achieve by throwing the net wide and seeing what survives.
The basic proposals make some sense, not least because all the major car
manufacturers have 2.2-litre turbo diesel engines in their ranges, which
means that there can be some commercial relevance and will make F1
attractive to companies that are not currently involved. These include
firms such as Peugeot-Citroen, Hyundai, GM, Jaguar and Volkswagen. The
sport could advertise the products and perhaps offer new scientific
developments that could be applied to production cars.
Ten years ago Mosley commissioned a study of the motorsport industry by
the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) which analysed how the
ingenuity of the post-war engineer-drivers was translated into a vast and
diverse industry as constant competition not only provoked continual
technological breakthrough but also weeded out the companies which were
not meant for success. As a result the industry was never able to
stagnate. Each firm had to learn to master advancing technologies and
those who could not cope failed. It was a question of the survival of the
fittest as most of these firms were dedicated to motorsport and thus had
to be competitive to survive as they had no other income on which to fall
back.
Mosley's model for the future ties the hands of those who continue in
that original tradition and, if accepted, would mean that much of their
work, such as the building of vast and intricate windtunnels, will become
irrelevant. It will thus be opposed with much vehemence. The most
controversial proposal is the identical bodywork, something which
undermines the foundations of pure competition on which F1 - and the
entire motorsport industry - is based. Mosley argues that there can still
be that kind of competition in other areas of machinery but that
aerodynamic development is wasteful and has no relevance to the car
industry.
Aerodynamics may be wasteful within the confines of the rules as they now
are, as teams are forced to build cars that look similar to one another,
but this is the factor that decides who wins and who loses.
The big question is whether or not the areas that are left open for
development will ultimately soak up the same level of investment that the
windtunnels now do. In all probability they will, because if racing teams
can raise money, they will spend it in order to win.
If that spirit dies, the sport and the industry may die with it.
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 traction-control, four-wheel-drive, power-boost buttons and identical
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Bleah.... peggio che Massa CdM... :-)))
-- 
Vinci

 wrote:
Solo "five Grand Prix"?
Non sono d'accordo. Un motore da corsa č giusto che duri tutta la
stagione, siano 18 o 20 GP.
E questo nel 2011.
Perchč per il 2015 vorrei che facesse almeno 50000 km e che la Ferrari/
Mercedes/BMW di turno fornisca almeno un anno di garanzia; cosě se uno
dei piloti rompe almeno viene risarcito .......

 
ogni anno la stessa storia...Mosley propone la rivoluzione e poi si 
finisce a cambiare di 1 cm. un alettoncino...
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#14
Tutto sul mondo dei motori:
http://passionemotori.wordpress.com/

 e poi si finisce a cambiare di 1 cm. un alettoncino...
Considerato che quello che tu chiami "la rivoluzione" è sempre
un cumulo di minchiate pazzesche [*] va ancora bene che non se
ne faccia nulla e cambi solo 1 cm di alettoncino...
[*] qualora la definizione "minchiate pazzesche" non sia adatta
al ng moderato leggere al posto "idee non di primissima qualità"
Ciao.
Mauro 

 al ng moderato leggere al posto "idee non di primissima qualità"
Io voto per "michiate pazzesche". Certo, anche "vaccata galattica" suona 
bene...
ivan
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 finisce a cambiare di 1 cm. un alettoncino...
Sempre la stessa storia sì, nel senso che ci sono cose che vuole e altre 
che mette nel pacco così che possano essere accantonate per "mediare". 
Credo che anche questa volta la scure cadrà sui motori, per limitare 
ulteriormente gli odiati costruttori e fare del propulsore una commodity 
(cosa che ormai è già direi). Tanto, mica siamo più negli sport 
motoristici, no?
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