Theissen questions new engine regs
BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen believes that motorsport's governing body, the FIA, needs to more clearly define its new engine regulations, which are due to come into force in 2004
In an effort to reduce costs, F1 cars will be restricted to just one engine per car per grand prix, but the man behind BMW's P82 engine, probably the most powerful on the grid, feels the concept of what makes 'one' engine is open to too much interpretation.
"How is the term 'new engine' defined exactly?" he asked on BMW-Motorsport.com. "Which components are allowed to be replaced? Who will oversee these repairs?
"What would happen, when a driver doesn't go out on Friday, only completes the qualifying on Saturday and then the race on Sunday? He would only need the 400 kilometre engine of today, which would clearly be more powerful than an 800 kilometre engine."
Theissen does agree with the principle of controlling the spiralling costs of F1, however.
"In this business, you have to keep in mind the cost-measures involved. Technical advancement as a fascination is well and good and also necessary to make the production series progress, but we don't want a technical-overkill."
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