Comments on: Cosworth ‘has proof’ its engine is competitive

By: lee in Farnborough

lee in Farnborough — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:54:53 +0000

Thanks for the reply james

By: James Allen

James Allen — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:22:41 +0000

Lee, as far as I know they have to follow the same rules

By: James Allen

James Allen — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:19:30 +0000

Lee, they have to follow the same rules as everyone, as far as I am aware. That means winter testing mainly.

By: Mon Pen

Mon Pen — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:17:43 +0000

The proof of the pudding will surely be whether any existing customer teams will opt for Cosworth over their current Ferrari / Mercedes / Ferrari / Renault engines.

Not holding my breath.

By: lee in Farnborough

lee in Farnborough — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:00:19 +0000

Hi James

Can you please tell me are the new teams allowed to test in anyway or do they also have to follow rules with no testing…

thanks in advance

lee

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:43:55 +0000

I am with Frank and not ideal for 2 years.

By: grat

grat — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:49:37 +0000

It seems that the Spanish article is essentially agreeing with both Williams and Cosworth– if they show up with the 2006 engine, the three teams using it are screwed.

From this interview, though, it sounds like the engine that Cosworth is bringing to the table will be a much better engine than Williams used in 2006.

By: Dave P

Dave P — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:06:54 +0000

This is just more damming of the FIA and MAX. to state that they would be allowed 20,000 rpm to allow them to be competitive was just lies. Cosworth themselves now say they will definitely be competitive and that running at 18,000 may be an advantage…..

I can’t help but think it was a mistake for FOTA not to set up their own series…. now with Jean Todt looming.. ( he was as bad and dogmatic as Max) that it will be really damaging in the longer term

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:19:39 +0000

I have faith in the experts at Cosworth, who will be able to develop their 06 spec engine to bring it up to speed.

I agree with those above who say that computer modelling is not the same as testing the real thing, but let’s not assume that the people at Cosworth are idiots – I’m sure they’re able to extract the useful data from their models.

I wonder when they’ll have one in the back of a car pounding around a test track to test reliability etc..??

Don’t forget that they’re not bound by testing limitations etc as they’re not competing this season.

Which brings me onto an interesting question for James: If a new engine supplier wanted to enter the sport, what restraints would they have to comply to in the development of their engine – put another way, could they develop their engine to be superior to the other engines before it is “frozen” unpon their entry..??

By: V10Lover

V10Lover — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:13:31 +0000

The last iteration of the V-10 engine had a failure in Barcelona 2006 and it was supposedly a mature engine, detuned and RPM limited. Now Cosworth will take their V-8 and improve it with fewer staff and in catch-up mode. No problem!