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Originally Posted by chernaudi

Still though, Peugeot are probably asking for tons of concessions to reduce cost well beyond rule stability until 2020. We have to remember the 3.5MJ limit on hybrids in 2012/13 was because of Peugeot being stuck with running a F1 derived KERS system that at most could put out 3.5MJ at best.

Only way Peugeot gets back in "before Audi" (ie, before the 2020 rules take effect) is if the ACO either revert back to a 3.5MJ limit (not gonna happen, that genie has left the bottle and won't be comin' back anytime soon), or the ACO does as it seemed that they intended to do with the current rules (and as Audi Sport criticized them for not doing in 2014) and having different hybrid combinations being on a truly roughly equal paying field.

In short, throw the ERS incentive crap into the dumpster and the landfill. Which that's a helluva lot more doable than reverting back to a hard MJ cap below 8MJ max, or instituting a cost cap, which none of the teams, even TMG, are willing to fully commit to.

That was over 5 years ago. Battery tech has improved a lot since then so I think they could do fine in that regard. It might not be easy to get 8mj from two kers braking systems, but 4mj or 6mj shouldn't be a tough ask if they can get a decent hybrid set up.