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2014 F1 cars to be much heavier
By Editor on Thursday, June 27, 2013 Formula One cars will be much heavier in 2014, according to a report in the German newspaper Bild.
The report by correspondent Frank Schneider said the V6 engines and related energy-recovery systems and batteries will make the 2014 machines weigh 50 kilograms more.
'It will certainly be a big change,' world champion Sebastian Vettel is quoted as saying, 'and very different to drive.'
However, the 50kg calculation may not be as simple as that.
Although the current V8s weigh just 95kg, while next year's V6s will be about 145kg – excluding the heavy ERS batteries – the fuel tanks will be much smaller in 2014.
That's because while cars currently...
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