F1 wants ‘powerful and emotive’ new engine era from 2025

F1 has vowed to ensure its next generation of power units from 2025 will be “powerful and emotive”.
F1 wants ‘powerful and emotive’ new engine era from 2025

Formula 1 has outlined its ambition to ensure its next generation of power units from 2025 will be 🌜“powerful and emotive”.

During Th♓ursday’s meeting of the F1 Commission, the FIA, F1 and teams agreed✅ a plan for the sport’s next power unit formula, which is set to come into effect for 2025 after teams unanimously voted for an engine freeze from the start of 2022.

A high-level working group has subsequently been established, featuring both current and potential power unit manufacturers and fuel suppliers to define the objectives of the n🌠ext generation of F1 engines.

F1 said there is “strong alignment” on the overall goals, especially regarding the nee🍃d to reduce cost and over an ambition to reach carbon neutral𝓰ity.

The key object💙ives𝔍 set out by the F1 Commission for the 2025 power unit are:

1) Environmental sustainability and social and automotive relevance
2) Fully sustainable fuel
3) Creating a powerful and emotive power unit
4) Significant cost reduction
5)&ꦫnbsp;Attracti🐼veness to new power unit manufacturers

The championship has used 1.6 litre V6 power units since 2014 but th📖e engines have regularly faced criticism for being too quiet, despite being incredibly efficient.

Teams are keen to lower costs and hope to reduce the complexity of the engine co𓆉mponents.

F1 has not had a new power unit manufacturer join the championship since Honda’s return in 2015, though the Japanese man🏅ufacturer has since announced it will leave the sport at the end of the year.

The agreed engine freeze is good news for Red Bull and opens the door for the Milton Keynes squad to finalise a deal to take over the Honda engine project from next season and thus avoid th🌌e high costs of in-house development, something it made clear it did not have the resources for.

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