2013 Will See Greener Engines for Formula One

The FIA WMSC, the World Motor Sports Council will be implementing newly approved regulations to make the 2.4 liter V8 engines that are used by Formula One teams currently no longer within the rules, instead, requiring that they be switched with four cylinder 1.6 liter engines starting in 2013. This was done because these engines are much more environmentally friendly and the change came after discussions that lasted a long time between the FIA, the manufacturers of the engines and specialists as well.

These new engines are expected to reduce fuel consumption by around thirty five percent, but they will still provide the same level or performance that are in today's Formula One racing engines. There are energy recover systems and energy management safeguards in place to make sure that his happens. According to an FIA statement, the power units will be four cylinders, 1.6 liter with high pressure gasoline injection that gets up to five hundred bar. They also said that they engine specification go with the FIA's commitment to improve the sustainability.

The Rev Limits on the new engines will be reduced however. They are currently at eighteen thousand RPMs and will be reduced to a mere twelve thousand RPM. An additional revision in 2013 will see a reduction in the number of engines that the drivers are able to use. Right now they can use a total of eight engines in a season without taking any penalties, but the new 2013 regulations will be cut down to just five in the 2013 season when the new, greener engines are implemented, and then cut down even further in 2014 and subsequent years to just four.