I don\'t see the point of this? Racing is about speed and power and the R & D that comes from this always comes through to the public at some point? If they do this they are going to ruin this sport just like they have for stock car racing and what they are currently doing to drag racing! Leave the sport alone and let them see what they can extract out of these cars what they will!

Sports are life forms...

4 cylinder 1600 c.c 10k rpm limit - must be a joke form of Mini racing. Agree with mrhuckfin, whats the point? Modern production cars often exceed these limits, but only because the technology filtered down from the hot house of F1 development. Anybody any idea how many ounces of \"carbon\" this will save over a season compard to F1 executives limo\'s emissions, or the jet fuel used by the circus touring the world?

Half the article is about how expensive this sport is already, and now they want to change the requirements to add significantly to that cost? I think they should minimize the rules and allow the teams decide what technology they want to utilize for the best results within their own cost requirements.

The whole point of F1 is that it\'s supposed to be simply the fastest \'formula\' for a racecar. Dictating what that formula should be removes the technological aspect of the competition.

If F1 really wanted to promote technolgy they would open the rules up to any technology and let the racers come up with truly new ideas. Rule makers just need to keep the cars safe and maybe keep the costs down.

Mrhuckfin has his head so deep in the sand that he is unaware of the global warming issues! Of course this new approach is absolutely right in furthering knowledge for the everyday car; I\'m waiting for the day when the lower costs that will eventually filter down to enable me to apply this sort of technology to the rear wheels of my fwd kit car! If recovered energy can be used to power ancillaries then all the engine\'s power will be available for the driving wheels - and that\'s just the start.
jmaclaren

that ought to kill it.
Racing is not green. Get over it.
There is still a lot of benefit to be derived from the R & D they do.
Turning the engines down from 18k to 10k rpm will remove the distinctive sound which I\'m sure is what gets everyone along to the races. Bad idea.
Who says road cars couldn\'t / shouldn\'t run at 18000 RPM?
I see knees jerking at the FIA...

F1 has pretty much been on the downhill since the French (Fédération Internationale de l\'Automobile) decided to drastically reduce the allowed engine capacity back in the 1960\'s. That was specifically aimed at getting the powerful American engines out of it, rather than pushing other manufacturers to improve. The FIA did the same thing with just about every other racing vehicle type during the 60\'s and 70\'s.
Why do the French have such control over almost all international auto sports? Same thing with the IOC, French control of the Olympic Games, and other French organizations in control of other international sporting competition.
It\'s high time some of this gets pried away from France, ditch the French organization names and scatter them around the world.

I kind of really like F1 - but I also hate it when it comes to the city I live in... I kind of want to stick sugar in their fuel and nail spikes in the track... The week or so of \"whining\" engines that can be heard for miles....
But you know I\'d also like to see them given a limit of say 10 liters per 100Km - and to see just how good they can get at making real light, fast and efficient cars, instead of gas guzzlers.