Mercedes rivals plotting F1 engine rule change for Melbourne
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Mercedes’ rivals are hoping to pull together a proposal to change Formula 1’s engine compression ratio rules in time for the start of the season in Australia, The Race has learned
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  • woelkchen@lemmy.world
    1 month

    building it will have taken years

    So you should agree with my argument because before last year there was no condition in the rules that the compression ratio would be measured only at ambient temperature. That means Mercedes would have designed the engine with cheating in mind from the get go and only very late – too late for the competitors to react – would they have convinced the FIA to amend the rules. How is that fair?

    • misery mansion@lemmy.world
      1 month

      I dunno man, how do you know how long they’ve been discussing it with the FIA? Maybe the same length of time.

      I am hoping there isn’t some huge Mercedes speed advantage that interferes with the competition but also these kinds of tricks and loopholes are what the sport is and always has been about.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.world
        1 month

        I dunno man, how do you know how long they’ve been discussing it with the FIA?

        Clearly not long enough for the other manufacturers to adapt their designs.