WilliamsF1 wrote:Frozen engines is just not what is required.
Just like the chassis team is spending on new piece of carbon fiber every year and upgrading it every race; why shouldn't the engine manufacturers to the same?
Because when they co-wrote the rule book from 2010-2014 they did not want more open development than the current token system and reliability upgrades.
Honda can more that demonstrate that their PU is unreliable to the FIA, Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari so their development is not frozen.
A lot of people assume that more open engine development would close the field, but what if it gives an automotive leviathan like Daimler AG a massive advantage over the comparable minnows of Renault instead?
The other thing is who pays for this development, does the manufacturer soak it all up or do they pass it on to the customers, and if the latter how are Lotus, Williams, Force India, Sauber and Marussia supposed to pay for it? If the former, why would Mercedes want to spend more money on something that already works and won them a championship straight out of the box? Further to this Ferrari are pretty much on a par with Mercedes and didn't even want these hybrid PUs so why would they also want to spend more euros on something that works for them and they proved they could close the gap over the winter with the current token system too.
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