F1 thread - 2019 Season

aguerrrroooooooooooo said:
I didn't know that, cheers mate
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Just looked it up and it was from 2016 that they had to supply customers with equal spec engines but last year they closed a loophole where the suppliers (Ferrari) were allowed to supply lesser spec/older power units. As of last season everything had to be equal, with all the same modes etc...


"We will expect all power units supplied by the same manufacturer to be:

"i) Identical according to the dossier for each team.

"and, unless a team informs us that they have declined any of the following, they should be:

"ii) Run with identical software and must be capable of being operated in precisely the same way.

"iii) Run with identical specifications of oil and fuel."

The optional aspect regarding fuel reflects that the fact that some customer teams may not use the same suppliers as the works cars.

For the past two years Ferrari has had permission from the FIA to field two completely different engines, with Toro Rosso using a year-old spec in 2016, and Sauber doing the same last season. But this year (2018) all customer teams are using current engines.


https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134507/new-push-to-prevent-customer-engine-inequality
 
Yeah but do the top teams send the customers there most up to date manuals on how to get the best out of the engines? Or is that perhaps left to the customers to work out..
 
Wet race. -)

Could be an epic battle between Lewis and Max.

Although we could also have Grosjean skittling everyone on the first lap, too.

Can't wait.
 
Haha, just as they're wondering if Leclerc can catch Hamilton around the corner, the next camera shot is him in a wall.

Pity for him though.
 
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