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Don't know about Ferrari, but it seems Mercedes engine is thirsty
Two of the drivers who completed a race distance in testing last week are expecting fuel consumption to be a challenge for teams next year.
The new V6 turbo engines and advanced energy recovery systems are more fuel efficient than the old V8s, but under the regulations are restricted to just 100 litres of fuel per race - a cut of roughly 35% on last year. Mercedes and McLaren were among the teams attempting a race simulation last week in Bahrain and both Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button said the teams have a long way to go to get the most from the engine over a race distance.
"Bahrain is the worst track, so today it was tough to get to the end of the race with 100 litres," Rosberg said. "That's going to be a big challenge in Melbourne and that's what it was about today, to try and judge that and make sure that you get the quickest from the beginning to the end of the race while keeping the fuel consumption consistent."
"I finished the grand prix distance, but in testing it's relatively easy to do because you just drive around really slow," Button added. "I think we are all going to find it tricky and there is a lot of fine tuning that's needed from everyone. I think for most people it's trying to get the car to run for a race distance - that's the biggest issue!"
Rosberg said it's not as simple as driving to a set speed throughout the race.
"You can put your fuel consumption on the dash, but when you have a heavy car it takes a lot more fuel to get this car around the track, even though you're going slower than it does at the end of the race when you have a light car," he explained. "It's not necessarily targeting the same fuel consumption form beginning to end, it varies. It's quite complicated and definitely we will need a lot of help and advice from the engineers."
Button said the lighter fuel load meant the strain on tyres is not as pronounced as it was between qualifying and race conditions last year, but added that there are challenges with the all-new formula.
"The tyres struggled with 150 kilos of fuel [last year] so the cars were a hell of a lot slower [in the race]. Now you are only putting 100 kilos in the car, so there is a smaller difference when you get into race conditions. In a straight line it's a hell of a lot slower and the engine is doing so many different things, and it's doing something different every single lap of the race. That's difficult for a driver to get his head around, because what he felt on the previous lap under braking has completely changed the next lap around. Braking points are so tricky and I think that's the weirdest thing in the race.
Interesting. They do NOT even deny it. They try to be clever and throw smokescreens.
The PR spokeswoman claim, we are not in Idiada!
Meaning simply that currently, the PR team or the team is not at Idiada at this current moment.
They did not claim that they did not test at Idiada.
If they did not test they would simply say that and nothing else.
Pretty clever :)))))
The article above in detail say's when the Mercedes breaks and down shifts you carry on and hear the sounds of the Engine in all its workings, i.e NO change of sound. where as the Ferrari under braking and when changing gears it is silent meaning Ferrari are possibly doing something very clever compared to the rest, i assume part of the engine cutting is cutting out to save fuel.
#F1 @InsideFerrari and @alo_oficial will be in #Sakhir for a filimg day session today via @Gazzetta_it
There is so much technology in Formula One nowadays, that you can almost reverse-engineer a car's performance out of what you see on track. Gear changes, engine sounds, etc. can all be used to calculate a car's performance. I can understand a team not using its full potential for purely technical reasons (e.g.: to test a part or a system in isolation), but this thing of trying to fool the competition is a pure myth.
I don't want to speculate, but in the past few pre-seasons, "our pace is still unclear" has always meant "we are not the quickest".
Please, raw pace doesn't mean much for this 100kg fuel era.
RB secret test!
http://grandprix247.com/2014/02/25/r...b-10-in-spain/
That's also very true.
In the meantime, in other news:
http://en.espnf1.com/ferrari/motorsp...ry/146605.html
#Filmingday
"We had a few bits to test correlation and things like that [last week] and then the main upgrade will come through the various stages of the final test," Fry said.
Read more at http://en.espnf1.com/ferrari/motorsp...G0LrF3bocqX.99
Still like the turbo sound, although in this video it is not as throaty as i have heard it before.
Some thoughts before the final pre-season test
February 25, 2014 by Joe Saward
Last week’s four-day Bahrain test was interesting in that it highlighted the current problems that are affecting the different teams. It is fairly clear that The teams with Mercedes engines are in the best shape at the moment. Between them they completed a total of 3,865 miles of running. When one adds this to the 2,400 miles achieved in Jerez, it is clear that Mercedes has an advantage.
Ferrari completed 1,124 miles in the first test but then added 1,865 in the second test, but that means that the Italian manufacturer has done just short of 3,000 miles of track running in total, compared to Mercedes’s 6,265 miles.
It is a big difference. Renault is in even worse shape because its total mileage in the two tests is just 2,485 miles and it is clear that while we may not have seen the full potential of the engines, it may be some time before we do.
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Merc has 4 reliable team while Ferrari only have 2, so I'd say those figures are to be expected.
Apart from engines/ers/brakes we haven't heard much about the tyres. Isn't it a problem this year because of the higher torque engines? If so I hope Merc eats into its tyres like it did last year
Here is an article about tires...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112649
Unfortunately 2014 will see less racing and overtaking and more tactics
Edit: It's Kimi - Alonso - Kimi - Alonso
http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/tes...ain-kimi-start
Sakhir, 26 February –The final test prior to the start of the season for Scuderia Ferrari and the other ten Formula 1 teams gets underway tomorrow. Once again, it takes place in Bahrain, an ideal location because of its temperate climate, similar to that which the drivers and teams can expect to encounter at many of the opening rounds of the 2014 season. Tomorrow and Saturday, Kimi Raikkonen will be on driving duty for Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso at the wheel on Friday and Sunday. Testing runs from 9 in the morning to 5.30 pm, with a 30 minute lunch break at 1 o’clock.
The Scuderia’s work schedule is already mapped out. These four days will see a continuation of the work of shaking down and fine tuning all the components on the car, with particular attention focusing on the new power unit, which will be signed off on Friday in accordance with the FIA”s homologation process.
In the mornings, the team will also work on doing runs to check all the new systems, as well as continuing to look at set-up. The afternoon will see some long run tests, while monitoring all the elements of the F14 T, as well as evaluating the how the car works with the Pirelli tyres.
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