John Shiels

I heard today the engines are $400,000 each

Next year no tire warmers, slicks will be back and the body wing dings will be for the most part be gone, They said new 1.8 turbos are coming soon. If they are looking to cut cost why so many changes that keep requiring all new develop cost?

Bink

I think they are more concerned with flagging viewer numbers.
Turbos?.... I hadn't seen that

Winglets are ugly imho.

joel

ghoffman

Yea, right, tire warmers are so expensive as compared to $400K engines! I am not surprised that the engines cost that much, that is alot of engineering hours to be spread over a couple of dozen engines. Kinda makes the $125K for a F-22 canopy not seem so bad!

John Shiels

I am waiting to see a diecast company make an F-1 car with all the wing dings on it.

mousecatcher

well, engines and tires are consumables so cost is there anyway

RMVette06

Please let the 1.8 turbo be true, that would be all kinds of fun

I thought when you said 'wing dings' you meant this

http://jalopnik.com/383750/nick-heid...-sauber-f1-car

Chalky

How much did it cost the teams to develop the V8 when the V10 was phased out? Wasn't it over a billion? Another cost saving move!

John Shiels

They just said Red Bull has three guys working on exhaust headers all year. They last one race and a few practices.

parkerracing

Put an 8k rev limiter in their ignition boxes and take out 3 of the 7 forward speeds. Let 'em use what they've got. Problem solved!

Don't forget collectors pay millions for last years F1 cars. Still a fraction, but not a total loss.

John Shiels

They said the wheels are so light the X-ray them after each tire mounting.

MazdaRob

I think Hekki Kovalinen might have wanted one more xray of his last wheel

John Shiels

63Corvette

John, you think that's expensive? What do you think a F1 driver's suit costs, with say, Kimi or Hamilton in it