Tim.Wright wrote:If you put some thought into it instead of being so short sighted you will see it has some merit. Ironically you have +1'd an energy limit which in the end is bascially the same thing.
To rehash what I said a couple of pages ago....
then congratulations to motorsport because it would have just found a true optimum powertrain solution for weight, range, efficiency (aero and mechanical), driveability... For the first time in modern history it may have solved a real problem for the automotive industry instead of pissing copious amount of cash up against the wall to make a little carbon element bend a bit more to get around some arbitrary rules.
Here's the thing.
Some people can extract more from a set limit of energy than others.
Are you suggesting that having a limit on fuel is the same as having a limit on power? That is not true Tim.
This is where real innovation takes place and has real world relevance. Energy use and Energy recuperation can be improved by huge amounts, as can other forms of harvesting energy be explored and implemented.
If I give a litre to Mercedes and another to BMW, you can rest assured they will have a different idea on how to best utilise that litre. And you can also rest assured that one is going to be better than the other.
It is because they aren't artificially limited as to
what they can do with that litre.
In your example you mention having a power limit will improve
weight, range, efficiency (aero and mechanical), driveability.
How will it change drive-ability if power is limited(bhp and torque)?
All teams will in time converge on a single engine map and then what.....staleness set's in.
Mass, range and efficiency are solutions that are not unique to your proposal either, with an energy limit providing the same. And when I say energy limit, I mean what fossil fuels you put in. Energy recuperation would be outside of any limit, as it should be.
And to be clear, an energy limit is in no way the same as a power limit if the fuel you are using has not reached it's full potential. It sounds like you are working on the assumption that ICE's are as efficient as they get, and that is very far from the truth.
So while a power limit will always be static, an energy limit will not.