Comments on: Banned! Turbos

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 04:22:14 +0000

[...] From 1984 to 1988 every F1 race was won by a turbo-powered car before they were banned at the end of 1988. [...]

By: wasiF1

wasiF1 — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:56:14 +0000

Won’t turbo charged engine will cost more then the natural engine that that teams are using now?

By: Pingguest

Pingguest — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:58:11 +0000

I think the ban on turbos was a wrong decision. With turning on the turbo boost drivers could pass and re-pass each other on the straights and fast corners. Remember the 1982 and 1988 San Marino Grand Prix’.

The economy runs were opposed by some. But as I have all races from the turbo-era on DVD, I came to the conclusion that the economy runs resulted in interesting and unpredictable races. To win a race the drivers not only needed to be fast but clever too.

By: chunter

chunter — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:07:56 +0000

As Steve Robertson says, most fans now think the turbo era was Formula 1′s golden age!

I look forward to rumours of one-liter + forced-induction hopefully being true; it will lend some honesty to Formula 1 as a motorsport, since at grassroots level, the icons are now compact four-cylinder cars. If it is being considered, I dare FIA to allow 100 bursts of nitrous oxide per race. (None in qualifying.)

By: Steve Robertson

Steve Robertson — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:57:39 +0000

I think reliability has improved immensely since the turbocharged era. The one thing I remember was the ability for a driver to just turn the boost up when overtaking. As long as the car made it to then end, without running out of fuel, this could be done for position a good few times each race.

Not many people are heard bomoaning the days of the turbocharger, even though the sound of an F1 engine whistling through a straight at Silverstone was unforgettable.