Engine no longer a differentiating factor-Theissen

how sad

of all the things that are ROAD RELEVANT the engine was the best place for new technology to be tried out and later filtered on down to the consumer

In some ways I think the emphasis in F1 engine development had largely been on things that weren't road relevant, specifically cranking out higher horsepower at higher and higher rpm. The one thing that was potentially relevant is electronic development, which is the one bad thing about moving to a common ECU.

This is why, in my opinion, a move towards focusing on efficiency and energy recovery seems like a good step towards maintaining a connection with road cars.

Since 2001, we proved to have an engine benchmark and we celebrated it in many ways. Now it's time to focus a little bit more on aerodynamics as it's the main draw from now until then. Cheers!

BMW Power

A manufacturer who can build fast and powerful F1 engines can do similarly good work in road engines. I can't see why a F1 engines RPM or development in general should be limited in order to make it road-relevant! That is plain BS! The aim was never to make the technology road relevant. The aim was, as it is in most FIA regulated motorsports, to make the field as equal as possible between each other improving in this way the spectacle.

If they wanted to make the engines more road relevant they should just limit the amount of fuel each team had to use. That would force engineers to think of ways to make powerful engines fuel-efficient as well.

aero development in the #1 curse when it comes to overtaking, which F1 needs lots more of...the turbulance off the rear end should be eliminated/reduced greatly, let the horses flow with lots of power