Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the president of the FIA, motorsport’s governing physique, took to social media final week to suggest exploring quite a lot of applied sciences for the way forward for Method 1 and particularly talked about the opportunity of V-10 engines operating on sustainable gasoline.
“We must always take into account a spread of instructions, together with the roaring sound of the V-10 operating on sustainable gasoline,” Ben Sulayem mentioned. “Whichever course is chosen, we should help the groups and producers in making certain value management on R&D expenditure.”
His feedback adopted the F1 75 launch occasion in London on Feb. 18, a particular gathering celebrating the game’s seventy fifth anniversary whereas additionally presenting the drivers and vehicles for the upcoming 2025 season. The occasion sparked discussions about F1’s long-term imaginative and prescient, Ben Sulayem mentioned in his publish.
Apparently, his feedback align with remarks from F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, who has beforehand expressed curiosity in exploring various options to the present hybrid energy models.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem
F1 is already set to introduce sustainable gasoline beginning in 2026, coinciding with a brand new period of turbocharged 1.6-liter V-6 hybrid energy models. The brand new engines will probably be simplified with the removing of the MGU-H (which recovers exhaust vitality), whereas the MGU-Okay (which recovers vitality beneath braking) will stay, delivering as much as 469 hp, in comparison with as we speak’s 160 hp. Regardless of these adjustments, whole energy output will nonetheless exceed 1,000 hp, with improved gasoline effectivity decreasing race consumption from 220 kilos to 154 kilos.
Whereas present F1 vehicles are among the many quickest in historical past, some followers and stakeholders argue they lack the sound and visceral pleasure of earlier V-8, V-10, and V-12 engines. V-10 engines had been permitted from 1989 to 2005, with most groups operating 3.0-liter V-10s within the ultimate decade.
Given the upcoming arrival of the brand new period, even when authorized, a return of V-10 engines in F1 would possible be a number of years—if not a decade—away on the earliest.
