V8 in testing

[Craig.]

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=33490
Doesn't sound to good.

[ozzy72]

Sounds like an asthmatic engine to me

[BMan1113VR]

uh oh

[Craig.]

its now about 5 seconds a lap slower than the current laps round Jerez. and about 7 seconds or so slower than last year. So it is about the same speed as a GP2 car right now.

[ozzy72]

Might as well put grandma in a Model-T Ford for the team

[Craig.]

Might as well put grandma in a Model-T Ford for the team

too aerodynamic.

[ozzy72]

You never met my grandma Slightly less aerodynamic than a cinema!

[The Ruptured Duck]

It will be interesting watching V8's try to survive the one engine rule.  Somewhere I read that these things will be reaching 21,000 rpm.  I think that this plan to cut costs will actually cost F-1 teams more than they save because of mech failures.

[Craig.]

might mean renault and williams have to add a 7th gear like the rest finally. that or they could all jump up to 8 gears, or have really long periods between shifts.

[Craig.]

Panis now thinks they will be about 2.5 seconds slower than this year, and the vibrations are alot more with the new engines.
How this encourages overtaking i dont know. But we shall see.

[The Ruptured Duck]

It encourages overtaking when the cars vibrate themselves off the track, so the Minadis can win.  That would make some headlinesl.