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Formula 1 fourth Engine supplier Cosworth has said that they want quick clarity on the 2013 engine regulations. The engine manufacturer has said that they are fine and prepared for no matter what the engine regulations FIA pass in the next meeting.
The Formula 1 commission is meeting on Wednesday to decide and make a final call on the engine regulation. WMSC had decided to use the Turbo charged four cylinder engines from 2013.
Turbocharged engines were approved by FIA’s World Motor Sport Council last December. Turbocharged engines are the four cylinder units which have a capacity of 1.6 liters and are considered as more environment friendly as they consume less fuel compared to the currently used V8 engines. FIA called for the greener engines to make Formula 1 environment friendly, but since the regulation has come it has raised many voices in the Formula 1 paddock.
Engine manufacturers like Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz have raised their voice against the new engine regulations and expressed concerns about the time of the regulations.
FIA President Jean Todt revealed that engine manufacturers such as Mercedes and Ferrari have raised their concerns on the new regulation’s cost and development of the engines and that they have asked FIA to delay the implementation of this new rule. The engine row has became even more complicated because Renault last week said that they have already started working on the new engines and if the introduction of the rule is postponed, they would quit engine manufacturing.
The fourth engine supplier Cosworth has said that they are fine with whatever the decision FIA will make on the engine switch. Cosworth boss Mark Gallagher told GP Week that they are not concerned about the engines, what they care is how early the decision will come and that it would be good if early clarity is reached.
Mark Gallagher said, “We want clarity. If it’s a 1.6-litre motor, fine, we’ll be there. If not, we’ve got a V8 that we can continue with. We’re agnostic. We don’t have to have a V8 or V12 or an in-line four. If the F1 rules required a single-cylinder two-stroke, we’d be there. The FIA president has said he’s listening and taking in everything we’re saying. We just want a resolution.”
However, Gallagher said that even though Cosworth are ready for the decision, they want that the engine regulation to be delayed. He said that they have written to FIA stating the need to delay the new engine regulations because they don’t want that their customers to spend more money on the development of new engines rather than racing.
Gallagher said, “There’s a big concern on our side because the new rules have no cost restrictions applied. So the manufacturers can spend a huge amount of money and we would have a space race around the new engine formula, which was never the idea.”
