Why is the turbo technology banned from the Grand Prix Championship?

Answer 1

They were going too fast for the courses they race in, & it became less of a drivers sport & more of a mechanical sport.

Answer 2

Purely because the cars were getting too fast, apparently the Honda turbo engine was putting out nearly 1500bhp in qualifying trim - from a 1.5 litre engine!

There are also rumblings that the banning of turbo charged cars in F1 - in 1988 - was because of the dominance of Honda, although Honda's non-turbo engine continued to dominate F1 for a couple of years - until Williams and Mansell teamed up with Renault!

Answer 3

The horsepower numbers were through the roof. If they can get around 7 to 800 hp now, imagine what they would have if turbos were still legal.

Answer 4

It was ban to make Grand Prix racing even difficult and with turbocharger it was non- championship sort of racing.

Answer 5

they did it for the same reason the banned side skirts or raised them, to slow the cars down. especially in light of the accident that killed ayrton senna. he was going too fast for the corner when he was killed. in fact that is why they are thinking of going to a standard rear end gear ratio. to slow them down even more. make the fields more balanced, (read this to mean less michael schumacher )

Answer 6

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