FIA Manufacturer's engine

FIA is introducing the Manufacturer's engine, also known as the Global Race Engine, for the 2011 season of WRC and WTCC.

The new engine is a turbocharged 1600cc inline four, with turbo inlet restricted to 33mm and boost limited to 2.5 bar. The projected power output is about 290hp.

Whats fantastic about this is that it will bring the cost of participating even lower, because you can get the engine straight from FIA, or make one yourself. And dont have a homologated 1600cc turbo engine? You can use a 1800cc or 2000cc engine and debore it to the specs and if it holds up for 6000kms between overhauls, its good to go. It will also lower emissions for the series, which is a nice bait for the god damn hippies.

In WRC, most of thing will not change, except the fact that the WRCars will disappear from the top level, you can still see them on national level almost anywhere. The cars, S1600 or S2000 homologated, are still going to be those cool little hatchbacks we all love. And with the advent of electrical engineering, the cars should be just as fast with those active differentials.

In WTCC this will mean a bigger change however. The N/A 2.0l cars like the BMW and the Lada will disappear and more cars like the Seat Leon will take their place. Hopefully it'll be RWD and FWD, would hate to see the dominance of FWD changing the whole series.

Some of the more informed about WTCC of you might be able to educate me what other changes this would entail aswell.

The engine was first written about on FIA InMotion 9/09