Do you know what would make F1 better?

[enkidu]

I actually thought this KERS systems would make F1 interesting again... I don't feel its enough just on the rear wheels. I want it on front wheels and to extract energy from the manifolds!

[Chaparral]

Right, Oskar Kovaleski, the pole with or without a pole. Of course you have read Pete Lyons book? On the McKee turbo, Joe Leonard drove the thing on a few occations in late 1969 and was not very impressed to put it politely.

Regarding the manufacturers in F1, that's something I wish could be uninvented and confined to endurance racing, the way it used to be.

Yep Pete Lyons is the guru of Can Am - Ive had a dialogue with him also just chasing some info on a Can Am dvd project - in theory that 8 years 66-74 was the pinnacle of free form design and performance - its something that F1 should be getting back to - its sad that Gordon Murray couldnt be bothered in this era (and those are his words) in designing a F1 car - he occupies his time working on a road car...................

Enkidu - KERS - its a joke really - its no different to a 'push to pass' in other formulae forget the 'supposed' relevance to road tech - all contrived to alter a parity formulae or make a boring formulae (more exciting) and which curtail any engineering or design enginuity which may make something slightly interesting - F1 is truly a load of bollocks - a series that misses in so many areas these days - sadly

[xpensive]

Right, perhaps a push-to-pass extra 1000 Rpm for 6 seconds per lap would be more cost-efficient?
400 kJ per lap is still less than 2% of the mechanical energy produced by the engine anyway.

[Conceptual]

Is the 2009 RPM limit 17k or 18k?

[Miguel]

18k, so that a 1k increase in rpm, assuming torque is constant (heck, I'm a physicist, I either assume things are constant or spherical), corresponds to a 5.6% increase in power. Assuming a base power of 740 HP (it's somewhat less, I know), this is a push to pass of 40 HP.

[xpensive]

So limit the Rpm to 17000, 700 Hp is still plenty, in order to conserve the engines and give the cars a 2000 Rpm push-to-pass, there's your 80 KERS-Hp at virtually no extra cost.

[Conceptual]

So limit the Rpm to 17000, 700 Hp is still plenty, in order to conserve the engines and give the cars a 2000 Rpm push-to-pass, there's your 80 KERS-Hp at virtually no extra cost.

Except for engine life, and with only having 8 for the entire season, it would be pretty self limiting, so no need for restrictions on usage. A car may use it ALOT in a single race, but may blow his shot at making all 8 last the entire season.