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Diesel F1 Engines; Could It Work?
Topic Started: Feb 12 2007, 11:37 AM (212 Views)
Paul_Murtagh
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After testing with Peugeot for the Le Mans 24 Hours, Ferrari tester Marc Gene has said that he feels diesel engines could work in F1 in the future. Do you feel diesel engines is the way to go or is petrol the best way for F1 to work?
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Penelope Pitstop
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I haven't been following the whole diesel thing very much tho' I understand that diesel engines have moved on a lot recently.

Are they racing under an "equivalency formula" where the diesel engines are allowed a greater cubic capacity then the petrol engines ?

If there is such a formula are then there is not really a contest, it just becomes a test of the formula. That can never be good for racing.

If on the other hand they are competing using the same engine size then there is a possibility that some brave team might try if. Especially if diesel had some other benefit - for example if it were lighter than petrol.

Is it right that diesel engines typically make more torque and less power than petrol engines ?
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Before they bring diesel engines in they need to have a serious think about their equivalency ratings - right now they're getting them pretty badly wrong in most places.

Yes diesels have more torque.

I went to an interesting lecture by Luca Marmirini in Cologne last year (Toyota engine guy, please excuse the spelling!). He made some interesting points about the use of hydrogen etc - if you ever get bored is an interesting subject to expore in a little more depth.
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Red Andy
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I know the IRL used to use methanol for their fuel, because it's less likely to burst into flames after an accident. I have a feeling they may have moved on to ethanol now, however, because some of it can be extracted from organic matter.

Perhaps bio-fuels are the way to go?
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