motorsport-network.com wrote:According to pitlane speculation, Williams' new engine supplier - Cosworth - will hit the Bahrain circuit this weekend with the most grunt.
The Northampton based manufacturer's F1 chief, Alex Hitzinger, says the V8 unit - although to compete with the world's most powerful carmakers in 2006 - will top 20,000rpm.
''We set ourselves a target of a top engine speed of 20,000rpm,'' he confirmed, ''and we've managed that.''
On the other end of the scale, meanwhile, is underpowered and unreliable Mercedes-Benz, while Ferrari struggle for engine reliability and cooling.
Honda, too - although powering Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello to impressive test times - might be having one or two 'driveability' issues, although Barrichello admitted that the problem is probably widespread.
well at Imola in Europe BMW will have a new aero package and new engine p86B spec with 22.000 revs in qualiging and 21.000 in race(about760HP) I hope that will be realiable to kick some ass
we have( in ours forum BMW fans ) an insider how give us fresh info it`s about 22.500 on test bench and 21.500-22.000 in races and qualiging. MT said that in Imola will bring the P86b and the new aero package.
DarkSnape wrote:we have( in ours forum BMW fans ) an insider how give us fresh info it`s about 22.500 on test bench and 21.500-22.000 in races and qualiging. MT said that in Imola will bring the P86b and the new aero package.
insder knowledge, nice
the noise it will make while revving to 22.500 rpm, fantastic! Go Jacs!!
DarkSnape wrote:well at Imola in Europe BMW will have a new aero package and new engine p86B spec with 22.000 revs in qualiging and 21.000 in race(about760HP) I hope that will be realiable to kick some ass
Well if that does happen in my mind they were spending all there time the past two years working on the V8 instead of working on the V10 for williams.
The BMW V10 was once the most powerful engine in F1 and then went to one of the worst. Since JPM left Williams I could care less about Webber or Hiedfeld but they got the short end of the stick last year with a totally undeveloped V10.
last year was not an P85 engine was an P84/85(an upgrade) and BMW wasn`t focused to develop a good engine for Williams they was focused for V8 and for the new team BMW.
I think in 2004, they were about to introduce a new engine, in the middle of 2004 but changed there plans as the rules stated that in 2005, that the engine has to last two races, a complete redesign and a whole lot of money wasted
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22,500rpm!!! Those Cossie boys can sure make engines!!
.........How come other engine manufactures, who not only have a greater budget, but most likely will have better resources have less competent engines.
Im sure their compromise lies more towards the reliablty point than performance, compared to Cosworth
Steve Matchett, one of the SPEED commentators, said that he spoke to a Cossie engineer and was asking about how they coped with the banning of adjustable inlet trumpets. He said the response was that they had never used them on their V10, so it didn't matter. That is a huge advantage, because I am sure that they have a good idea of a compromise length for each track already, whereas the big $ manufacturers had been investing money into the now banned technology. I am rooting for Williams to do well because I have a great appreaciation for Cosworth. After Ferrari, that is.
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DarkSnape wrote:we have( in ours forum BMW fans ) an insider how give us fresh info it`s about 22.500 on test bench and 21.500-22.000 in races and qualiging. MT said that in Imola will bring the P86b and the new aero package.
