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FIA president again defends "synergy" between categories and suggests adoption of universal engine
Jean Todt has already been defeated on the idea of ​​adopting a universal engine in motorsport. In 2014, for example, the president of the FIA ​​(International Automobile Federation) suggested the adoption of a universal engine, which could be used as standard in several cutting-edge categories. But the idea did not thrive. However, with the introduction of a new regulation of engines in F1, scheduled for 2021, the French is back in charge with everything to propose a change of philosophy, and not only restricted to the main category of motor sport.Todt's big dream is to realize what he calls "synergy between categories," so that several contests can share the same engine technology and allow, for example, that F1 teams can participate in the Le Mans 24 Hours, and that Endurance World Cup teams can be part of F1."Right now, we have separate engine rules for each category. But it does not have to be this way. The requirements for F1 and the Endurance World Championship are similar. An F1 engine has to do 5,000 km, which is almost the distance from Le Mans, "Todt said during an interview with the German magazine 'Auto Motor und Sport' last December.

Thus, the universal motor is the perfect concept in the leader's view. "Having a single engine concept would be appealing to new carmakers and could mean that F1 teams can race at Le Mans with their own team or vice versa."Defender of hybrid technology - and a great architect of the introduction of hybrid engines in F1 - Todt believes that so many categories can also walk in the same direction. And the sharing of this technology would be positive. "Probably what we should say, which is not easy too, is that we can use this engine of F1 in other categories of motoring?", Said the Frenchman in an interview published by the British magazine 'Autosport'."At the moment, each motorsport category has its own regulation, so we should probably try to see if we can have some synergy," he said."We have the Endurance World Championship with LMP1. We have completely different engines, so it would make sense to anticipate a future for the Endurance using this synergy, which incidentally would cover the same kind of mileage, "Todt explained. At the WEC, LMP1 class motors are mostly hybrids, while prototypes of the LMP2 are pushed by gasoline powered engines.

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