The gas-guzzling sport that is Formula 1 is looking to clean up its act of what is virtually environmental vandalism. While hundreds of thousands of gallons in petrol dissipate in the air, Formula 1 have been looking at introducing radically new technology to cut carbon emissions. That is likely to come very soon as the sport's stakeholders have agreed to use a new type of 'green' engine from 2013.
Formula 1 to go Environmentally-Friendly
The drastic change will see 2.4-litre V8s removed from F1 chassis to 1.6-litre four cylinder turbo engines, with the use of energy recovery systems and fuel restrictions maintaining the sport's pure speed. Consideration has been taken into the power performance of the cars, with total power output to remain at current levels of approximately 750bhp. The four-cylinder single-turbo 1.6-litre engine will produce somewhere around 600bhp with the rest being provided by Kers (kinetic energy recovery system), which will double in power capacity to 120kw from 2013.
The new rules imposed could potentially improve engine efficiency by up to 50%. However, fans who crave the sound of a F1 engine motoring down start-finish straights may well be disappointed as the new engines will not be able to produce more than 10,000 revs per minute - the 2.4-litre engines currently used can spin at 18,000rpm. It may well be compensated by the return of the single turbo, to be used for the first time since the 1980s.
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