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I am afraid that I don’t understand where you get the idea that F1 is contributing toward current road car development. All the current PU’s are doing is trying to legitimize the popular technology that the road car manufacturers are trying to market. The technology is not innovative, is in common use and is restricted in both performance and specification.
The F1 engine manufacturers have managed to turn the PU’s they requested into significant cash flow opportunity because nobody but a current manufacturer is prepared to spend R&D resources on a fully explored technology; motor-generators and batteries.
The whole design of the cars has been compromised by a 40% increase in the weight of the cars, restrictive axle loadings, and making the running of the technology compulsory. 200 kg of fat has no legitimate place on an F1 car!
1) Noise does add a certain excitement, but is not in itself vital.
2) Nobody has ever achieved 15 straight front row lockouts in F1 before, ever. The restriction of development in F1 has no place or business in motor racing.
3) The monopoly costs of the power units are being determined by the manufacturers and the Force India, Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Williams, and Marussia entrants.
4) An outside engine supplier would cap the cost of engines to the non manufacturer teams.
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