Question for the old-timers

[EricTheMonster]

Why were turbos banned from Formula 1?

 

[vat_man]

There were a lot of factors, a brief (and not by any means comprehensive) list of which would be:
- costs
- difficulty of controlling power output and therefore safety
- loss of manufacturer interest in the formula. There was a lot of pressure from engine manufacturers to move away from turbocharged engines (particularly one prominent Italian manufacturer)
- domination by Honda (have you seen the stats for 86-87-88?)

There were a few other side issues but those four pretty much cover most of it.

 

[EricTheMonster]

Originally posted by vat_man
There were a lot of factors, a brief (and not by any means comprehensive) list of which would be:
- costs
- difficulty of controlling power output and therefore safety
- loss of manufacturer interest in the formula. There was a lot of pressure from engine manufacturers to move away from turbocharged engines (particularly one prominent Italian manufacturer)
- domination by Honda (have you seen the stats for 86-87-88?)

There were a few other side issues but those four pretty much cover most of it.

Hm, ok, thanks

 

[ASenna94]

Originally posted by vat_man
- difficulty of controlling power output and therefore safety

I do remember a BMW powered F1 car with over 1300hp!!!!

 

[EricTheMonster]

Originally posted by ASenna94


I do remember a BMW powered F1 car with over 1300hp!!!!

Wow!

 

[Deathhawk]

I thought the fact was that the cars got WAY to powerful and almost got the sport banned by the hosting countries (or was that Can-Am racing?)

I seem to rememeber some V-6 TT with over 1200HP?

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by Deathhawk
I thought the fact was that the cars got WAY to powerful and almost got the sport banned by the hosting countries (or was that Can-Am racing?)

I seem to rememeber some V-6 TT with over 1200HP?

I thought Canam was abandoned because it was effectively a one-make series in the end? Might be wrong, but also wasn't Can-am predominantly a US series.

You might be thinking of Group B Rallying - there were some crowd deaths and then one of the leading works drivers (Toivonen) and his co-driver were killed - pretty much everyone pulled out of Group B when that happened.