Ferrari boss against 2013 F1 engine rules
Luca di Montezemolo
Apr.21 (GMM) Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has made clear his opposition to the 2013 Formula 1 engine rules.
With Bernie Ecclestone staunchly opposed to the end of the V8 engine era in exchange for small low-revving turbos, Williams chairman Adam Parr this week insisted that Formula 1 must keep moving in the ‘greener’ direction.
“The (V8 engine) technology is dated, it’s not what’s going on out in the real world and I think it’s a major, major barrier to bringing in new partners and growing the sport,” Parr told Reuters.
He sounded excited about the new direction for 2013, including much more powerful hybrid elements and the fact that the cars will run “on pure electric” when moving down the pitlane.
Parr also said Ferrari president Montezemolo was once in favour of the new rules, but the Italian is now fiercely on Formula 1 chief executive Ecclestone’s side of the argument.
“We must not lose the DNA of formula one,” Italian Montezemolo told Auto Motor und Sport, scoffing at the fact F1 is moving to four-cylinders.
“What’s next is one cylinder — we’re not building motorcycles. The real challenge is to make an eight or 12-cylinder engine economical,” he added.
Certain amount of fuel for everyone! simple let the teams decide what to use.
I can tell you know a 4 cyl or v4 with boost will destroy the 8, 12, 16 or 50 cyl.
One engine per race, anything under the sun after that as long as it
fits in the starting point grid without sticking out of its constraints.
Simply let teams make any combustion engine they want, eg. rotary valve, rotary or pistons in any amount as long as they get a certain amount of fuel.
The “greenies” would not be a problem if leaders and politicians would stand up to their silly ideas. I say fight them all the way. This is motor racing no electric slot cars. I am no fan of KERS either, but DRS seems to have done the job it was intended to do. I would love an open engine formula like the old days. V12′s, V-10′s, V8′s, V6′s, 4 cylinder turbos, super chargers, whatever. Just give them a set amount of fuel and let the designers be creative. That will spur the best innovations for the car industry. Why is it that a spectator can see it and not the people within the sport? Is it just the $ or more political correctness gone a muck?
V6, maybe but 4 cyl just seems so wrong for F1.
What is really wrong for F1 is KERS and now DRS.
monty making a better cry baby of him self than alonso. no wonder they are very fond of one another.
Bhanchodo, rundi k bacho, pata lund kch nahe hay gand maranay agae blog per, basically its all due to budget cap. ferrari is expensive on its parts where as redbull and others are cheap. Ferrari has always been expensive among others.This is the only issue.
Adam Parr is right if f1 doesnt evolve and do somethin to keep the green weenies quiet it wont survive. Its better to lose ferrari and keep the sport alive and kicking than to keep entertaining a single party’s whims. Montezemolo should look at the larger interest than just his own individualistic benefit.
If things still don’t go his way, he will then threaten to pull out of F1 and start his own racing series… what a big cry baby~
Simple Ferrari don’t build a modern engine, and don’t enter F1 beyond 2012.
Ferrari can take News Corps money and play behind closed doors by themselves.