Although Christian Horner claims that “in theory” none of F1’s engine brands have made huge profits over the winter, he admits that Ferrari would possibly have done so through reliability arrangements.
Last season, Ferrari’s unit of force was just one of the team’s disorders in a season marked by disorder, the Scuderia was forced to decrease strength in a bid to maximise reliability.
The team worked to improve the durability of the powertrain over the winter, all engine brands were able to make adjustments to the powertrains for the sake of reliability, but only reliability, as Formula 1 entered its 4-year moment in which engine progression is frozen. . .
This means that none of the groups can make adjustments to locate higher performance, they can fix existing problems.
And that’s what Ferrari allegedly did over the winter, with reports claiming they discovered “30 extra horsepower” while doing so.
Horner would be surprised if that were the case.
“The engines are homologated, so, in theory, there will be big power gains,” he told Auto Motor und Sport.
“And also the fuel is approved. Therefore, no reports of new fuels will be allowed.
“But of course Ferrari had reliability issues last year, so if they controlled to solve that problem, and thanks to that, increased their power, they will inevitably see some kind of progress now. “
Ferrari reportedly discovered up to 30 hp, which Horner admits is “a lot. That’s a lot. Therefore, we will have to take this into account. “
“We’ve noticed that they’re losing steam after their senior year, so we know they have the skill in their engine to develop it further. “
Asked if Red Bull had also made a profit, the team boss replied: “We had some small reliability issues, nothing of the magnitude of Ferrari.
La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that 3 of the 4 F1 manufacturers, Alpine, had gained strength over the winter.
The Italian publication claims Ferrari discovered a “30 hp increase” when making reliability fixes, adding that Mercedes’ engine has gone up to “16 hp” and Red Bull-Honda’s, up to “10 hp”.
Alpine the procedure with Bruno Famin, manager of the team’s engine base at Viry-Chatillon in France, telling The Race: “What is a natural reliability problem?
“Behind the reliability issue, there is occasionally the possibility of functionality gains, of course. The line is not exactly very clear.
He called on the FIA to keep a close eye on what the brands are doing.
“I hope the FIA will be a bit stronger,” he said. “He was tolerant in 22 and I think that was general because everyone was affected by a reliability issue. We had 30, 40, 50, 70 requests from other manufacturers. ” Then everyone was affected by this kind of problem.
“I hope the FIA will be a bit more powerful in the future, but I don’t have any new information. “