F1 2008: single tyre supplier e.a.

[Raceboy]

ORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

It was agreed that the main objectives of the 2008 Formula One Technical Regulations should be to reduce drastically the cost of competing and to change the aerodynamic characteristics of the cars so as to make it easier to overtake without increasing cornering speeds.

Detailed regulations will be finalised in the week commencing 19 December and will include:

A standard Electronic Control Unit
Long life engines
Long life gearboxes
A single tyre supplier
Restrictions on the ability of the teams to change their aerodynamics during the season
Rev-limited engines
and other measures

fia.com

[fish88]

Restrictions on the ability of the teams to change their aerodynamics during the season
Rev-limited engines

Wat een Kl#te regels die 2.

[gwyllion]

Michelin trekt zich na 2006 terug uit F1. Werkt Kumo nog aan een F1 band?

[Raceboy]

Originally Posted by gwyllion

Michelin trekt zich na 2006 terug uit F1. Werkt Kumo nog aan een F1 band?

Er zal geen vervanger komen:

The FIA has noted Michelin’s announcement of its withdrawal from Formula One at the end of 2006.

Everyone in Formula One will be most grateful to Michelin for the efforts they have made and for their courtesy in giving the necessary full year’s notice.

The competing teams have repeatedly and unanimously requested the FIA to impose a single tyre supplier in Formula One. This has been agreed for 2008, but Michelin’s announcement makes it probable for 2007. The teams will certainly be glad of this.

A single tyre supplier will undoubtedly make Formula One fairer, safer and less expensive for the teams but, above all, it will avoid a repetition of the problem which arose at the 2005 US Grand Prix.

bron: fia

[Raceboy]

het technisch reglement voor 2008 is vandaag gepubliceert:

New technologies which give a team an advantage for one season but which are then adopted by all teams for subsequent seasons at significant expense will be banned after the end of the first season (Article 2.5).

Reason: To reduce costs. This allows a team which discovers a new technology to benefit from it, but prevents Formula One as a whole then spending money on the same technology only to leave all the teams in exactly the same (relative) positions as before.

- The rear wing is split in two.

Reason: Research indicates that this will produce a wake in which the car behind will perform much better, thus facilitating overtaking.

- Changes to the bodywork regulations to reduce downforce while maintaining drag levels so as to avoid an increase in cornering speeds over 2006 levels (Article 3).

Reason: Safety

- Changes to the bodywork regulations at the front of the car to make the car behave better in traffic (Article 3).

Reason: To facilitate overtaking.

- Limitations on possible “interesting” areas of aerodynamic research (Article 3).

Reason: To reduce costs.

- The minimum weight is reduced from 605 to 550kg (Article 4).

Reason: To eliminate the cost of purchasing 55kg of very expensive high density ballast for each car and transporting it all over the world. Cars will also be safer without this extra weight.

- Engine to be subject to a rev limit of 19,000 rpm, with a possible increase to 20,000 rpm in consultation with the competing teams (Article 5.1.3).

Reason: To reduce costs and to redirect engine research towards road-relevant technologies.

- A standard electronic control unit for engine and gearbox to be used at all times in Formula One (Article 8.2).

Reason: To reduce costs, eliminate driver aids such as traction control and allow the FIA to check engine use and testing mileage.

- Gear ratios to have a minimum thickness of 12mm (Article 9.3.3).

Reason: To reduce costs by making gearboxes more robust.

- Tyre pressures may be adjusted by the driver while the car is moving (Article 12.5).

Reason: Safety, particularly during safety car periods.

- Maximum wheel diameter increased to 640mm front and 710mm rear, with maximum widths of 365mm front and 460mm rear (Article 12.4) with slick tyres.

Reason: To increase “mechanical” grip to compensate for reduced aerodynamic downforce to facilitate overtaking.

- Only permitted materials may be used to construct the car (Article 15.1).

Reason: To reduce costs.

- At least 5.75% (m/m) of fuel must be from biological sources (Article 19.4.5).

Reason: To keep ahead of developments in fuel for road cars.

- 2009:
From 2009 each team may make only two changes of bodywork after the start of the season (Article 3.15).

Reason: To reduce costs.

fia.com

volledige tekst vind je http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press...211205-02.html

[Raceboy]

Sporting regulations zijn uit sinds vandaag:

http://www.fia.com/resources/documen..._Regs_2008.pdf

-motor blijft hetzelfde voor 3 jaar
- 20 races per jaar
- 10 plaatsen penalty vervalt => vervangen door 15 kilogram ballast
- alle dagen parc ferme regels
- single tyre supplier => bandendekens worden verboden
- verbod op reservewagen

[Gèrre]

amaai da zijn weer een pak regels die er bij komen

[student]

motor blijft dezelfde voor 3 jaar? Tot in hoeverre gaat dat? Want ik kan me moeilijk voorstellen dat er 3 jaar lang absoluut niks aan de motor mag veranderd worden

[Raceboy]

Originally Posted by student

motor blijft dezelfde voor 3 jaar? Tot in hoeverre gaat dat? Want ik kan me moeilijk voorstellen dat er 3 jaar lang absoluut niks aan de motor mag veranderd worden

er mag een beetje veranderd worden:

2. Each year modifications to the engine can be homologated. Details will be delivered to the FIA before January 1st of the year in question, and a complete engine delivered before the first of February of that year.

3. The elements of the engine which can be changed in this way on an annual basis, are:

- ports;
- combustion chamber shape;
- valve size, shape, and angle;
- piston crown (the weight of the piston must remain the same, as must piston ring position and compression height);
- camshaft profiles and valve actuation kinematics;
- intake manifolds;
- injector nozzles (not injector actuator);
- spark plugs;
- changes to the cylinder head consequential upon and limited to those resulting from the above;

[student]

dus aan het begin van het jaar uw huiswerk niet goed hebben gedaan en ni de beste motor hebben is de rest van het jaar aanmodderen?

[marcel]

moet ge uw huiswerk maar goed doen

[The Interceptor]

Ik lees net op www.sport.be een artikeltje
"FIA wil vlottere inhaalmaneuvers"
Mosley zou van plan zijn dat "Boost-systeem" wat nu bv al in de Formula Palmer gebruikt wordt, ook in de F1 te gaan toepassen vanaf 2009.

Manman, waar zijn ze daar toch mee bezig? Dat heeft toch niets meer met racen te maken he! Is het omdat de ingrepen van de voorbije jaren er weinig (lees niets) toe geholpen hebben om meer inhaalacties te zien, dat men al naar zulke systemen grijpt?

[A.J.]

in champcars heeft het wel effect

[Raceboy]

Originally Posted by A.J.

in champcars heeft het wel effect

Het gaat niet om het boostsysteem van Champcar. Het gaat om het " regenerative energy system". Kracht bij het remmen opslaan om dan bj het acceleren terug te gebruiken.

Compared for example with the suggestion of a push-to-pass button on an F1 engine as they are at the moment, if you allowed 1,000rpm for push-to-pass it would give about 40bhp for however long you allow the 20,000rpm.

We’re talking about 60bhp for nine seconds. We believe that when fully developed this system will enable a car to have about 900 kiloJoules, enough for about 120bhp for about 10 seconds. To put that in perspective, 900kJ is a two-ton road car stopping from 108km/h and going all the way back up to 108km/h again without using any petrol.

[gwyllion]

Wat een verrassing:

Bridgestone have been selected as the official tyre suppliers for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Formula One seasons.

bron: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/52988