I heard that it was required for all teams to show their '23 engine.
I heard that it was required for all teams to show their '23 engine.
It seems they can show PU's from 2021. At least Honda presented their RA621H in Suzuka.
Yeah. This was their (Ferrari's) 2021 engine. Look at the front of the engine where the plenum pipes would meet the intercooler. They're flat and sharply bend down in the pictures provided. That is not the case in the current (or 22) engine at all, where the pipes continue almost straight for a while and then bend down to meet the round intercooler. (Which is also not shown in the pic).
They were frozen from 2022 though. So Ferrari's '22 and '23 power unit could look significantly different. And we know they brought huge architectural changes for 2022. So this engine is largely outdated from what they are using currently. Honda's '22 and '23 engine are developments of their all new '21 engine so what they showcased is significantly closer to what's on track.
I mixed 21 and 22. Indeed 23 engine from the outside should look almost identical to 22?GhostF1 wrote: ↑11 Oct 2023, 01:28They were frozen from 2022 though. So Ferrari's '22 and '23 power unit could look significantly different. And we know they brought huge architectural changes for 2022. So this engine is largely outdated from what they are using currently. Honda's '22 and '23 engine are developments of their all new '21 engine so what they showcased is significantly closer to what's on track.
Only takes a brief google search for Ferrari 2022 power unit for spyshots of the 2022 car in the garage with an obviously different layout.