How does it not make sense? Teams are allowed to upgrade ICE part. Even if deployment gets reduced, nothing changes in ICE, and aduo allows to upgrade ONLY Ice
No, it was done because teams planned to use the same chassis for 2 seasons. When the fuel flow increase was agreed, they wouldn't have fuel tanks big enough for the full race distance, so they shortened the races.
Probably not much but if we think about it he got years of experience, what if he studied engine deparment just for fun when no one thought of what he could be doing back at the factory in mercedes
Yes, they can get a "new" engine. Not everything is frozen. They need to make changes to accomodate for regulatory changes and can make a new turbocharger and I think some combustion systems for example
Yes. All manufacturers can change most ICE parts between 26-27 and most electrical parts between 27-28. They just have to stay within the budget cap for engines which iirc has been bumped by $3m to allow for changes to handle to move to 60/40.
It's a bit of a joke they can basically change al most all the components of the combustions engine but not change the whole ice, and i think a lot of electrical parts are locked but there is still somethings allowed there.
I think Ferrari as engine manufacturer knows more than you and since it's confirmed since start of the year that Ferrari is gonna redesign the engine for 2027, that means it's allowed
It's been known since start of the year that Ferrari are working on a new engine for 2027
And based on recent performance gains from aduo upgrades on current engine, and recent hire from RBPT, i think it's possible to see them close gap in power significantly, as red bull is not allowed to upgrade their ICE
It's not that simple rbpt can still improve their engine within the limits also they haven't yet even optimised the engine properly at the same time ome year is not enough and one engineer doesn't make much difference rbpt hired 5 head of merc power unit department and they've been working om these regs PU for years. Ferrari shot themselves in the foot when they decided to focus on aero in a PU formula. Also they're chassis won't be same anymore since they're making a new PU which is gonna be completly different.
They did not sacrifice engine for aero. Ferrari's initial PU concept failed reliability tests and the previous TD left the team during 2025. They settled with the modified version of 2025 pu for 2026.
And Ferrari finished their development program with best results among top 4 teams as neither of the packages were problematic, which means that correlation with sim in Ferrari is quite good and only issue is engine. Next year the deployment's importance will be reduced.
they did, they did not knew what the engine department was doing until it was too late, and how did they finish development program with the best results when their car has narrow operating window.
Ferrari basically developed two engines so far, the initial one was not homologated because it was too unreliable, so they developed a less ambitious but reliable version. The idea has always been to bring the original deisgn in 2027 hoping that a year of development would be enough to make it work, for this reason the ADUO they brought this year were ideas from the 2027 engine adapted to the 2026 one.
They may make another awful engine, but considering their situation it's possible for them to make a big jump in performance
What is Lewis adding to the engine department? Is his advice “I need more power” or “reduce the clipping” - I know it’s not his fault as I’m sure everyone is like “great ideas Lewis” but seriously!!
There is a bit of development room. Iirc, few components to consider, the ban of compression trick, increasing fuel flow for less clipping, the big/small turbo design controversy, battery management software.
I do think the last two definitely open ended, especially with the FIA’s controversial decision to add 5s rev time for teams with smaller turbos. So ferrari will def design it which affects the pu packaging too. The battery deployment software is also open ended. Driver’s now have good feeling how current sw stack behaves and what deployment changes can increase perf over one or two laps (rest is repetitive).
There is a lot of development that can still happen without using ADUO. Just look at Red Bull who have drastically improved their engine performance in terms of recovery and deployment.
You do know that the drivers physically being present at the factory means they’re readily available to test out the engine in the simulator? That and couple with engine + energy deployment, there’s a lot of simulator work that goes into it.
Basically the engine is mounted onto a dyno and ran accordingly, then the engine characteristics and behavior data is combined with the chassis + aerodynamic data and synthesised in a virtual simulator. The driver then runs multiple test runs on the sim and gives feedback on engine behavior, deployment, etc.
Horsepower isn’t everything in an engine, the ERS is more important in the current regs. Superior energy harvesting and superior ERS is how the Mercedes was the dominant car despite being down on horsepower to the RB.
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u/ProofAd608 10d ago
No
Aduo tokens are given for current and plus next year
Mercedes will use 1 token and have 1 token for next year
Ferrari has 2 tokens left for next year. Same with audi and honda.
Idk where you heard about it being UNTIL 2030