FIA defers waste energy systems
The FIA has decided to postpone technology changes, intended to
recycle waste energy on F1 cars, to 2011. Formula One's governing
body announced on Tuesday that the 2010 regulations, which include
the re-usage of exhaust vapours to propel the cars, would be put
off a year to coincide with a potentially new engine formula.
The FIA hopes the delay will allow teams to design the new
technologies in coherence with the new engine regulations. This
will save teams having to re-design the systems when the new engine
formula is introduced a year later.
Although the revised engine formula is yet to be officially
defined, it is suspected engines will have to use bio-fuels and
incorporate
high-efficiency turbocharged technology.