If it was i would go for a a inline v12, hybrid design. With a generator and regen brakes. instead of batteries i would use solid state capacitors, Id use a custom electric heat pump that uses nitrogen gas to cool air and engine at wot. The regen and onboard generator. would recharge the capacitors. Then when launching or speeding up from corners. powerful electric motor can provide power for 1st, 2nd, 3rd. then once up to speed. the transmission will switch to manual lowering weight and transmission complexity. the cooler air intake will generate better power more consistently. and less complex cooling system.

Well, how about 2 stroke engine ?

There’s so much restriction placed on formula 1, that I hate it, it’s no longer about pushing technological limits in racing and hasn’t been since the 80s.

Well first thing they would do is expect is slap forced induction in the form of compound turbo configurations on the engines…personally I’d love to see a 12,000rpm inline 6, probably 2.5L, titanium block cause what budget? With forged steel sleeves, forged crank, 90* counter weight should be fine. Dry sump oil system, intercooled obviously and using methanol gasoline blend for fuel.

In which sense are Formula E 'madness'?

Also, did he really say a regular spring doesn’t provide additional resistance when hit harder? Is this really an attempt to be the most engineering illiterate channel on the internet?

I swear if he says “low rpms are good to keep the reciprocating mass down” one more time I’m gonna lose it

The title from this video is wrong. It should be, What if we wouldn't care about the drivers safety...

If you're going to talk packaging, why not make an inverted W? All the weight is lower down, you hwve a tighter coke bottle, and you free up space to exotic things EDIT: Also... What would harry Riccardo do? He literally wrote the book on high speed internal combustion engines

If this became reality it would kill F1 for the same reason that killed Can-Am: money. Big teams would outspend smaller ones and then no more competition.

u kinda look like @CaptainSparklez

Meanwhile, Formula E racing has disappeared from terrestrial free-to-air television in the U.K. We've not seen a single race during this season. And finding full races on KZfaq is a fruitless task this year.

The motors do not 'run in reverse' during regeneration. They keep running in the same direction.

The biggest loss of efficiency in an F1 car is caused by burning fuel. The theoretical maximum Carnot Cycle efficiency of a petrol engine is only 25%. In practice, it's rare to maintain better than about 21% efficiency. F1 cars, despite recent claims that they are the greenest form of motor racing, are extremely inefficient. They burn up to a litre of fuel in a mile. As de Grassi said, the [energy in the fuel burned] in 2 laps (maybe 3 to 4 minutes) is enough to power a Formula E car for a whole [45 minute] race.

8:51 made me smile. Missed that powah

There needs to be a one weekend with a "no rules" race!!

I've never liked the sound. They're an awful racket. The stench is also toxic.I do like the racing though. That's why I'm happy to watch Formula E.

Would be nice if they didn't sound like dental drills....

I would use a 2.8 lt inline 6 with a supper charger & a large turbo . So you get no boost delay yet when the turbo adds to the boost it is when the supper charger has hit its peek boost . You could get a smove power curve all the way to max RPM . Plus you would probably readch something near 1500 BHP at the wheels . The only problem you would have is a drive train that could take it & grip at the wheels

supercharded rotary hybrid

What uninformed drivel. Want to experiment with powerplant config', take a look at WEC Hypercar reg's. Pure click ait. Unsuscribed

The T86 Lotus is my absolute favorite car to drive on my sim.

One tip: combine two VR5 engines, to a VR10. A lot of power, lesser weight and compact enough.

No rules no rules? Some type of rocket with directional boosters and ailerons. Does the car need to remain on the ground? Because we can get much quicker if not.

Is there a summary somewhere? How many cylinders and which shape? Displacement? Materials, turbo: yes. MGUH: yes. ... and no answer at the end... confusing :D

Hear me out: rotary engine with a CVT transmission

so we're playing automation now? lol

Scrolling through the comments has made me realize how little most of you guys actually understand about f1. Plenty of you are very intelligent but are COMPLETELY oblivious to the fact that if these cars had 1500hp even which is like a 2.0liter engine with few restrictions 80 percent of all f1 tracks become UNRACEABLE. So where do these 1500hp cars that weigh less than current f1 cars race? Is it even f1 if there is no Monaco, no Spa, no Monza? I get what you guys are saying, i really do but the reality is this. The cars are ALREADY in danger of being too fast for certain tracks and they have been for years. Other thing is, if the cars were 2500hp like a 3.0 liter would be, that means with almost absolute certainty you would have a death, maybe more than one in the first season.

If so We'll get Cyber Formula

This is really an exercise in energy density - assuming the tyre and chassis technology can harness and use, say, 2200bhp (turned down in lower gears, turned up at the end of the straights), then you’re looking for the smallest, best packaged, and lightest power unit design that can deliver that output. Given available technology, that’s likely to be something in the region of a 1.5 litre 4 cylinder - probably with a twin scroll, variable turbine geometry turbo charger and mgu-h assistance (because this is reusing otherwise lost exhaust gas velocity and heat energy to be more energy dense). Let’s assume current pre-combustion flame propogation ignition, maybe hemispherical combustion chambers, pneumatic or chain driven (like a ducati) valve train, again all chosen for energy efficiency reasons. If you’ve got an mgu-h then you’re going to have a small battery anyway - while relatively heavy, the completely configurable packaging of a battery means it could be all kinds of weird and wonderful shapes to fit low down in any central gaps in the chassis / body work without adversely affecting the aero package. Once you’ve got a battery then you might as well have mgu-k to recover otherwise lost brake energy (again we’re after energy density) which also means you can run smaller brakes (and braking will be an issue with 2200bhp!!) and reduce the mass in and around the wheels and thus suspension. In terms of turbo, you might go with a twin set-up so you could run either 2 different sized sequential turbos to help manage response vs ultimate power (although that might not be required with the hybrid set-up) or even potentially a compound set-up depending on how small you could make the engine capacity and weight while handling very high boost pressures using the exotic materials mentioned. The only other thing not discussed would be fuelling - exotic petroleum blends for sure, what about nitrous oxide, nitrous oxide methane (long a top fuel dragster) or some kind of energy dense kerosene jet fuel? Interesting thought experiment.

One thing I'm surprised you didn't bring up rotary engines. (Specifically Wankel engines) Even if only to point out why they wouldn't be a good fit.

If some of these cars were too slow to qualify, how wasn't this noticed in pre season testing?

Rotory!!!!

With the valves we can use the technology from the ‏‪ koenigsegg gemera ‏‪16:40‬‏

The flat 12 would work, take a look at the Porsche 917, in the end with a 5.4 litre engine it made around 1,100 horsepower in 1973 !!!! It could be that the combination of Subaru and a flat 12 dose´t work.

Great video. You should do another one with “ no chassis rules….except maybe width of the car”. 😂

bro, I don't know what rock you've been living under, but most tires take 44psi no. I have some that take 50. These are normal road going performance street tires.

If we're going to make all that power and can't use it due to grip limits, why not add AWD to the mix? 👍

3 rotor f1 cars pls

2 stoke direct injected turbo 👍💪

how about flat twelves, group 5 and 70'es?

you might want to research the engines these major car manufacturers design and build for military contractors as well as private organizations that are linked to the what is called the US "war machine" ... one of the discoveries that you will find is a significant increase in "grip" ... (to the point of removing the necessity of wheels entirely!)

Interesting and informative but... Literally could've been 12 minuter...

really interesting, thank you

They couldn't. Theyd all crash. Theyre not built for oval track racing.

Nothing mentioned about toulene or beryllium valves. Weak.

That v8 was either turned down or not being driven all out cause that didnt sound right at all

I bet nowadays electric vacuums will be so boring for Senna.

Here is a better idea no rules on how many engines you change and just make the most amount of power you can to last one race, now that would be exciting

That’s similar to ski racing except that in skiing one HAS to turn above the gate instead of apexing it, otherwise one would never make the next gate. When Phil and Steve Mahre started car racing, they were naturals because they had so much experience with line choice.