Another Red Bull Racing F1 advantage....

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02-14-2012 | 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by racing916

Build a better engine, they have the cash!!

As soon as the freeze on engine development is over, I am sure someone will.

Until then, unless you can convince the FIA you need a "reliability improvement" (or if you are Ferrari), no changes to the engine as designed.

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02-15-2012 | 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by mobonic

HP only helps in acceleration

Less weight helps everywhere (acceleration, braking, cornering, and tire degradation), especially in a F1 car.

Ding ding ding! Exactly!

Engine is useful for one of the four directions of acceleration.

Given what constructors will budget as acceptable cost/gram weight savings, literally every gram counts. Oz's are huge savings!

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