Liberty Media set to unveil 2021 engine rules

  • Published on 27 Oct 2017 12:03
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  • By: Rob Veenstra

Liberty Media is now mere days from revealing the 2021 engine rules to the F1 teams. But despite that October 31 presentation date, there remains plenty of uncertainty in the paddock about what those regulations will actually be.

"Normally it's pretty well leaked," Force India boss Bob Fernley told Auto Motor und Sport, "but this time it's different. We know a little but not much. The new owners are keeping their cards face down."

What is known is that the 2021 engine will be based on the current 1.6 litre V6s and will definitely include an MGU-K. But it is unclear if the MGU-H will still be in place, and whether there will be a single, larger or even twin turbo. Mercedes' Toto Wolff said: "If we omit the MGU-H, we lose 60 per cent of the electrical energy. How will we get that back?"

Red Bull, however, argues that axing the complex MGU-H will mean independent suppliers like Ilmor and Cosworth can seriously consider entering F1. "With MGU-H, we will not have those companies, and we definitely want them in the boat," said Dr Helmut Marko.

Whatever is presented early next week could be highly controversial, particularly as Liberty does not need the teams' approval for 2021 due to the expiring Concorde Agreement. Mercedes' Niki Lauda said: "There is no point in being political now. They have decided something, they will tell us, we will listen, and then we will decide if it's good for us or not." (GMM)

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  • Hope they go nuts with the engine, simple, loud, powerful and cheap is what is needed.

    The are not going back to v8, but a 2.0 v6 twin turbo mgu-k engine would probably be more powerful, cheaper and simpler to produce then the current configuration which is simply too complicated. Simpler can also mean sturdier, as less things can go wrong

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    • Oct 27 2017 - 16:45
    • Im pretty sure the MGU-H is set to hit the boot. Its just too expensive, too complex, and almost all manufacturers has had problems with that specific part. The amount of retirements caused by failing MGU-H is silly. So yes: reliability would go up. A bigger V6 is already pretty much confirmed. Will it be 2,0? No idea, but the thing is that a V6 can be fast as heck. As for sound: listen to the turbo 4-bangers in Super GT. They sound great. Its a bit weird to me why they didnt go twin turbo from the get go. The few cons with that setup are almost negligible.

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      • Oct 27 2017 - 17:22

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