Video - Breaking Down F1's 2014 Regulations

[scannon]

Some racing series are easier to understand than others, but to put it mildly, Formula One is not NASCAR. With 500 members of each team spending millions upon millions each year to gain an advantage, F1 is about as technically complex as rocket science. But if you thought you had managed to wrap your head around the way things work, think again, because the series is undergoing a major overhaul of its technical regulations for the 2014 season.

 

Of course, the biggest change is a switch from naturally aspirated 2.4-liter V8 engines to turbocharged 1.6-liter V6 powerplants, but that's not the sum total of the shift. The cars' hybrid component are set to play a bigger role, the aerodynamic regulations are changing, as are the exhaust system limitations and a whole mess of other details.

 

It's enough to make your head spin at 20,000 rpm. Fortunately the BBC has put together this handy little video interviewing the experts and breaking down the changes into layman's terms that even we can understand. Watch the handy three-and-a-half-minute video primer below to get yourself up to speed on next year's F1 regulations.

 

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/09/2014-f1-regulations-explained-video/?a_dgi=aolshare_email

[scannon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYJXR1TgpSg

[TurboWood]

It's interesting to read all the negative comments in youtube despite how cool it will be. They are using fuel restricters on the engines which means they need to optimize BSFC just like the real world. The smaller turbocharged engines are also in alignment with the global trend and advancing ERS may actually allow such technology to be used in production which is really what racing should be a platform for.

[xflow7]

A lot of the negative reaction about the powertrain seems to be based on the sound clips the manufacturers have been releasing. For the life of me, I can't understand why they keep putting those clips out. The engines running around in the cars aren't going to sound remotely like they do in some crap recording from a dyno cell.

 

This is alleged to be the 2014 Ferrari motor installed in a LaFerrari test mule:

 

 

Of course no one knows for sure, but I'm inclined to believe it probably is.

[scannon]

Starting in 2014 in an attempt to keep the championship awarded earlier in the season. Also a spending cap to start in 2015.

 

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/25310466