The problem OldTony is there is only one iteration of one engine that is actually capable of winning a GP, the works Mercedes, the rest are just also rans contributing to Mercedes revenue.
That is not racing!
That is the problem!
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Originally Posted by Casper
I think it would be a huge mistake to have only one supplier, it needs to be open to anyone who wants to build the motors. If the idiots running the asylum don't make it too complicated and competition is allowed between engine builders the price should be set by the market. Set the capacity, turbo or no turbo and let them at it. No turbo means an increase in capacity and turbo can mean a small four cylinder if the engine designer wants it. All fairy land stuff anyway as MB and Ferrari will go nuts if it happens. I still reckon a 6 litre stock block with twin turbos will give them 1500hp and frighten everyone and cost about the same as a box of groceries relative to the things they are running now.
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What they are looking for is an independent engine supplier in addition to the manufacturers, so you will have Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault, Honda and Cosworth for example. Bernie intends that the independent suppliers engines are built at a budget and are available and competitive for any team to choose as an alternative to the manufacturer supplied engines.
This will cap the price of the engines to the teams and ensure that any team has a competitive engine whether the manufacturers like it or not.
The best way would be to spec your stock block to the nth degree and let anyone manufacture it. Six litre twin turbo would be excellent with minimal aero. Normally aspirated even. However the manufacturers could not claim they were building the engine, and there goes a bucket load of cash and support.
V8s or V10s that are tightly specified and have reached their full potential development and that everybody can build would also be a way through this mess.
Currently only a manufacturer has the resources to build the hybrids, so independent suppliers such as Cosworth are impossible.