Power unit power speculation

[jknights]

Hate to state the obvious but the MGU-K unit does not have infinite power!!

There is and must be a limit.

Currently the limitations (to me) seem to be around the inability of the Pirelli tyres to last and put down the power. However McLaren dont have enough power to really test the tyres or do they?

[mrluke]

Hate to state the obvious but the MGU-K unit does not have infinite power!!

There is and must be a limit.

Currently the limitations (to me) seem to be around the inability of the Pirelli tyres to last and put down the power. However McLaren dont have enough power to really test the tyres or do they?

We have just established they likely have in excess of 900bhp...

[Pierce89]

Hate to state the obvious but the MGU-K unit does not have infinite power!!

There is and must be a limit.

Currently the limitations (to me) seem to be around the inability of the Pirelli tyres to last and put down the power. However McLaren dont have enough power to really test the tyres or do they?

We have just established they likely have in excess of 900bhp...

Which sucks when every one else is rocking out 980bhp

[mrluke]

Hate to state the obvious but the MGU-K unit does not have infinite power!!

There is and must be a limit.

Currently the limitations (to me) seem to be around the inability of the Pirelli tyres to last and put down the power. However McLaren dont have enough power to really test the tyres or do they?

We have just established they likely have in excess of 900bhp...

Which sucks when every one else is rocking out 980bhp

Citation needed.

[Pierce89]

We have just established they likely have in excess of 900bhp...

Which sucks when every one else is rocking out 980bhp

Citation needed.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/analy ... er-829341/

[mrluke]

Which sucks when every one else is rocking out 980bhp

Citation needed.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/analy ... er-829341/

Any evidence for Renault and Ferrari?

[zac510]

Which sucks when every one else is rocking out 980bhp

Citation needed.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/analy ... er-829341/

Whenever there is a question in a news headline, the answer is always No.

[PlatinumZealot]

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[Blackout]

http://www.f1analisitecnica.com/2016/10 ... ml?refresh

[Juzh]

http://www.f1analisitecnica.com/2016/10 ... ml?refresh

All very technical and hard to understand correctly with google translate, but this is what I got from it:

Quali power:
Mercedes: 975 hp
Ferrari: 960 hp
Renault: 940 hp

Race "sustained" power:
Mercedes: 940 hp
Ferrari: 940 hp
Renault: 915 hp

I put "sustained" in paragraphs because it's been known mercedes can sustain max or at least higher power for much longer than ferrari or renault. Especially on long straights of any kind.

https://streamable.com/mlyc

[wuzak]

Very interesting Blackout.

Especially since Horner has complained about Mercedes and Ferrari using special qualifying modes and Renault not having one.

I'd think that the extra power needed to gain 0.6-0.7s per lap would be more than just the 35hp the article mentions.

Interesting that they are calling Ferrari and Mercedes has having the same power in normal race mode.

[godlameroso]

There's no way Ferrari is .7 slower than Mercedes by virtue of an inferior chassis. .3 or .4 maybe, but the rest comes from the power unit.

[Brian Coat]

@Blackout : Are those Italian journalists getting the GPS feeds from somewhere?