F1 engines for 2007

[megy]

So Spyker get Ferrari power for next year, and with Mike Gascoyne penning the design for the car, will this bring the Silverstone based team back to the front of the grid? Reports suggest that they will get the full backing and support of Ferrari, which i assume will mean gearboxs and fuel/black box systems.

On a second note, where will this put the 2 Red Bull teams, we know that 1 will have Renault power(but not yet which one), with RBR having Ferrari power this year, and a(Ferrari quoted) contract for next year, but will the bosses at Ferrari want to supply a customer engine to 2 competing teams? Will it be pushing things to run the customer side with twice the quantity.

As mentioned on ITV(delayed) coverage of qualifying for China, Ants might get his chance at SAR, lets just hope they produce a car that will perform further up the grid, to allow an obvious talent his chance to shine and excel and prove on the (race day) track that he is in fact worthy of a top team seat.

I guess the waiting starts here.

[megy]

D-Angle said:

I know Williams were testing their Toyota-engined car this weekend, but couldn't see anything to suggest if they are using it in the race. Does anyone know if they are?

They were testing it at Silverstone last week, 3 days in one car, they wont be using it in the race though for 2 reasons, first they have a contract to use the Cosorth engines, and secondly the engine wont fit into the car, what they have to do is cut the back end off the monocoque of this years, and glue another one in place with the correct engine mounts. This would highly likely fail the crash test, but a test car does not have to pass, so no problems there.

Its the same process they have done in the past when they test the next years engine in the current chassis.