F1 Racing to Downsize from V8s to 4-Cylinder Engines in 2013

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Photo: Flickr , CC A Smaller VRRRRRRRRRRROOOOMMMM The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has approved new specs for Formula One, and starting in 2013, F1s will see a huge engines downsizing (more details on this below) and the addition of new fuel-saving technologies. This is welcome news not only because it should reduce the fuel consumption of F1s by about 35%, but because it will turn this the sport into a kind of R&D lab for small engines. This increases the chances that improvements will find their way into mass-market vehi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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F1 Racing to Downsize from V8s to 4-Cylinder Engines in 2013

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