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Postby 2jayzgte » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:25 am

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Postby Mr Ree » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:12 am

April fools?

I know that Honda is already knee deep in 1.6 litre V6 turbocharged engine design though, with its planned re-entry into Formula One as an engine partner to McLaren in 2015.

Its going to be a tough year for McLaren in 2014, as with Mercedes knowing they are jumping ship at the end of the year, the sharing of info will be virtually nil.

Great to see a Japanese manufacturer returning to the sport again though, as it wil spark interest from others now that the ERS and KERS is such a major part of the series, not to mention, the technology can be trickled down to their road cars.
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Postby 2jayzgte » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:31 am

Kind of makes sense though as Toyota have been using hybrid technology for quite a while now I can even remember back 5-6 years ago they had a KERS system up and running that was supposed to be 70% more efficient than that in F-1 at the time.
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Postby Mr Ree » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:43 am

It would be a great thing if they did as at this stage, there are only going to be 3 engines available to the field in 2014.

Im hoping that eventually Porsche enter as an engine supplier, as its been far too long coming.
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Postby rollaholic » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:07 pm

three engines - honda, ferrari and mercedes?

porsche should totally get in there.

i wonder if we'll see road going fezzas with turbos in the next few years?
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Postby VR-4Squid » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:20 pm

rollaholic wrote:three engines - honda, ferrari and mercedes?

porsche should totally get in there.

i wonder if we'll see road going fezzas with turbos in the next few years?


Re: Porsche - I'd rather see them back at LeMans tbh, though that probably won't happen until Audi have had enough.

Re: Turbo fezza's - it's been done before (288 gto, F40)
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Postby Mr Ree » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:28 pm

rollaholic wrote:three engines - honda, ferrari and mercedes?

porsche should totally get in there.

i wonder if we'll see road going fezzas with turbos in the next few years?


When Honda join, it will be 4 suppliers. Renault are there at the moment, with the other names you mentioned.

RBR is toying with the idea of rebranding their Renault motors with the Infiniti tag, but that doesnt make it a different engine builder in my eyes.
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Postby rollaholic » Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:09 pm

VR-4Squid wrote:
rollaholic wrote:three engines - honda, ferrari and mercedes?

porsche should totally get in there.

i wonder if we'll see road going fezzas with turbos in the next few years?


Re: Porsche - I'd rather see them back at LeMans tbh, though that probably won't happen until Audi have had enough.

Re: Turbo fezza's - it's been done before (288 gto, F40)


indeed, but its been a while.

they should have kept making turbo maseratis, could of kept their hand in :P
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Postby Mr Revhead » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:39 pm

VR-4Squid wrote:
rollaholic wrote:three engines - honda, ferrari and mercedes?

porsche should totally get in there.

i wonder if we'll see road going fezzas with turbos in the next few years?


Re: Porsche - I'd rather see them back at LeMans tbh, though that probably won't happen until Audi have had enough.

Re: Turbo fezza's - it's been done before (288 gto, F40)


Porsche are back at Le Man's next year. Full assault at overall victory!
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Postby rollaholic » Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:22 pm

i dunno, they can supply engines without paying for an entire team cant they?
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Postby Bling » Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:52 pm

We really need a dedicated F1 thread IMO.


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Postby TTEETT » Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:22 pm

Mr Ree wrote:
rollaholic wrote:three engines - honda, ferrari and mercedes?

porsche should totally get in there.

i wonder if we'll see road going fezzas with turbos in the next few years?


When Honda join, it will be 4 suppliers. Renault are there at the moment, with the other names you mentioned.

RBR is toying with the idea of rebranding their Renault motors with the Infiniti tag, but that doesnt make it a different engine builder in my eyes.


They don't sell Renault in Merica so they want to have a name that they can sell, seeing Renault/Nissan own Infinity it makes sense.

Kind of like when TAG supplied engines.
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