The new 2014 F1 engine rules are so complicated and require so much ECU power to make the engines work that I predict the guy that wins the first 2014 GP in Australia will literally be the " last man standing". Even though the new engines have a rev limit of 15000 rpm they will probably spend most of their time running in the 10,000 rpm area because of the internal friction increase above 10,000. The teams are limited to a total fuel load of 100 KG of fuel and a max fuel flow rate of 100KG/hour for fuel flow. If you use a Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC) rate for the typical high performance engine of .5 lb/hp hour then the max hp you could develop at this flow rate (220 lbs/ hour) would be 440 hp. If you go really lean and add the turbo you might get the BSFC down to .35 to .4 which would give you 550 to 600 hp. The additional horse power to make the engine equal to the 2013 V8 power is to be provided by the KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) and TERS (Thermal Energy Recovery System)systems which are of course both ECU and FIA controlled. Are we confused yet? These engines will be so complex and difficult to make into race engines as we know them and EXPENSIVE that it is going to make F1 either a comedy or a farce.
Make the throttle pedal directly connected to the throttle butterflys and make the gear shift lever to be directly linked to the transmission and maybe real racing could happn in F1 otherwise go to the sprint and midget races as that his REAL RACING. (Bonneville is a whole different thing!)
Rex