Renault impatiently wants four cylinder turbo engine in F1

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Renault, one of the leading engine providers in Formula 1, have said that they are now getting quite impatient about the International Automobile Federation (FIA) decision and clarification regarding the 2013 engine change regulations.

Renault provides engines to three teams in the sport which includes Red Bull Racing, Lotus Renault GP and Team Lotus. It is quite surprising since these three teams are the best in their own category.

Red Bull Racing are the best out of the top running teams, Lotus Renault GP are the best out of the mid-running teams of the sport while Team Lotus are the best out of the three ‘back-running’ teams.

Starting from the 2013 Formula 1 season, the teams will have to use a four-cylinder turbo engine instead of the V8 engines being used currently.

If the FIA decides to implement this major change in the engine regulations, then many engine providing companies of the sport are going to go through a major problem.

Engine providing companies including Ferrari and Mercedes have also requested the FIA to delay this change because of financial issues as they would have to understand and develop these engines from scratch.

“We want to know what to do rather than delay or defer. It seems to me that the situation is losing control. We understand and respect the ideas of Ferrari, Mercedes and Cosworth, but we are not willing to accept delays or to see things change in this way. The matter is becoming a problem. It is not clear who is managing the sport,” Renault’s managing director Jean-Francois Caubet told the media.

The president of the FIA, Jean Todt also revealed that Renault even told the FIA that they would quit the sport if the 2013 rule changes go ahead but as Caubet recently stated that Renault just wants the FIA to clear things out for them, it seems that they might not quit after all.

Many people including Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo are against this change as it would change the whole ‘environment’ of the sport.