2014 Formula One season cars

For the 2014 Formula One season, significant changes to the technical rules covering the car design have been introduced. One of the teams has said these changes are "the biggest changes we have ever had in Formula One".
From the start of the 2014 season, F1 cars will have to be powered by small-capacity hybrid turbo engines. The three approved Formula One engine manufacturers, Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault, have invested heavily in developing the new technology required for the engines. Mercedes are developing their new engine at their workshops in Brackley and Brixworth, both near Northampton in the UK.
The engines will be turbocharged 1.6-litre engines, and will be required to have an Energy Recovery System. The permitted fuel load for each car is being reduced by 60 kg from the 2013 allowance.
Key engine-related changes
Engine
New 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged engines will replace 2.4-litre normally-aspirated V8 engines. The engines will produce around 600 bhp, a reduction of more than 150 bhp on the previous engines which produced more then 750 bhp.
Energy Recovery Systems
The 600 bhp of the 2014 engines will be supplemented by a larger proportion than previously by the Energy Recovery Systems (ERS) which will be combined with the engine to form the power unit. The ERS will store energy from braking and from the waste heat from the turbocharger. ERS will give an extra 160 bhp, about twice that available from the previous KERS systems.
Fuel
Fuel will be limited to 100 kg per race. Previously, cars typically used about 160 kg.
Weight
Because the new 2014 power unit will be heavier than that in previous seasons, the car minimum weight limit has been increased from the 642 kg to 690 kg.
Engines
*Ferrari
*Mercedes-Benz
*Renault Energy F1-2014

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