diffuser wrote: ↑19 Feb 2023, 17:30
AR3-GP wrote: ↑19 Feb 2023, 15:26
No two engines are exactly the same, but I'm sure Mercedes does the best they can to ensure consistency.
Engine maps choices and software have to be identical to the manufacturer. They are verified by FIA. They also have the choice to run the manufacturers fuel and lubricants. I doudt they put brand new PUs on the dyno before Dowling them out.
Benefits for Aston Martin
Mercedes is a racing team and at the same time supplier of engines to its clientele. When engines leave its factory in Brixworth, the best produced and that throw better figures, go in good logic to Mercedes itself. They are all built under the same pattern, by the same hands, and with the same materials. Despite this, it is common that due to deviations, inaccuracies or failure of the materials there are small differences that fall within the tolerances admitted by the regulatory entity.
The best engine that Lewis Hamilton had in the inaugural test, for example, delivered 3Kw more than the best of the Aston Martin, which is equivalent to about four horsepower. This is acceptable, it has always happened, and with all suppliers. The seconds go to Aston Martin, and this is what could change, so that this direction is reversed in its direction. If the brand understands that the Mercedes team is not going to win races with them, but Aston Martin could, they have already received the communication that they start thinking about this from the fourth round of the world championship.
https://theobjective.com/deportes/2023- ... formula-1/
@Diffuser, you want to say again that being an engine customer doesn't matter?
If seconds are going to Aston Martin, what are Mclaren getting?
A lion must kill its prey.