AR3-GP wrote: ↑05 Dec 2022, 02:25
Mansell89 wrote: ↑05 Dec 2022, 01:57
So is the engine essentially able to run at higher performance if they can sort out reliability? (As we can’t actually develop performance in an engine freeze)
Is that one of the things that held back performance in the second half of 2022 season?
Yes. They started the season conservatively and gradually turned the power around Spain. Then we saw the failures in Spain, Baku, Austria. From Spa they ran a nerfed PU. Possibly less so in Monza...because home GP, then back to heavily nerfed for the rest of the season.
What I think is interesting is that while we know they had the nerfed PU, Mexico really was something else entirely. Sainz suggested this may be a "feature". That Ferrari chose the compromise because there is only 1 GP at 2300m altitude and you wouldn't design a PU around it.
Thanks very much everyone. Really appreciate it.
In terms of Ferrari PU versus the competition, are we aware whether Mercedes have the same ability to run harder if they become more reliable? For the first time in hybrid didn’t seem like the best engine on paper anymore- (although people say it was drag related?)
Hondas deployment was also mentioned as a strength (LH interview), and then the PU that really fascinates me is Renault, who surely have some reliability upgrade opportunities to come given their failings.
I thought Ferrari were a little unlucky on the engine front this season and with the TD also impacting their performance, I think they could very much bounce back next season.