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2014 Formula 1 cars to be much heavier
2014 Formula 1 cars to be much heavier 27 June, 2013 Renault V6 turbo engine schematics The new era Formula 1 cars will be much heavier in 2014, according to a report in the Bild.
A report by correspondent Frank Schneider said the V6 engines and related energy-recovery systems and batteries will make the 2014 machines weigh 50 kilograms more.
'It will certainly be a big change,' world champion Sebastian Vettel is quoted as saying, 'and very different to drive.'
However, the 50kg calculation may not be as simple as that.
Although the current V8s weigh just 95kg, while next year's V6s will be about 145kg – excluding the heavy ERS batteries – the fuel tanks will be much smaller in...
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