Dhe Formula 1, in which the race in Imola will take place this Sunday (1:10 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker on Formula 1, on RTL and Sky), faces a difficult balancing act. She is looking for the engine of the future. The drive concept has to be sustainable so that it is accepted by an increasingly hysterical public. It must be affordable and technically not too complex so that it can also be represented by a private engine manufacturer. But it also has to be technically relevant enough that car companies can jump on it and pretend that it is near series production.
This has practically never been seen in the history of motorsport. Not even now. The wonderful inventions that make the current Formula 1 drive with an efficiency of over 50 percent the most efficient engine there is can not be found in any series engine from Ferrari, Honda, Mercedes and Renault. The MGU-H electric machine, for example, would be too complex and expensive for a road car. Jean Todt, President of the World Automobile Federation (Fia), justifies himself: “We are pointing the way. A direct technology transfer is practically never possible. “
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