Ferrari to use new fuel at Barcelona

[gvsnraju85]

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will contest the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix with a new blend of Shell fuel. The new Shell V-Power blend is the latest to make it to the race track since the opening round of the 2012 F1 season in Australia.Using the new Shell V-Power fuel, the 056 Ferrari engine develops greater performance and maintains the fuel consumption characteristics of the previous blend.

Cara Tredget, Shell Technology Manager: "Despite the freeze on engine regulations in F1 and F1 fuel regulations being the most strictly governed in motor racing, together with Ferrari, we have still been able to find a power gain with this new blend of fuel. In a world where thousandths of a second can make a difference, this is a significant step change in the fuel and one we are most proud of. Of equal importance to us is that we have been able to maintain the fuel-efficiency of the previous blend, thus offering the extra power at no cost to efficiency.

"Subtle alterations to the blend can see a major performance change in a car as powerful and responsive as the F2012 but that does not detract from the similarity to the standard Shell V-Power available on the road for the everyday motorist."

"The new Shell V-Power blend represents a significant step forward in the power output from an engine which has fundamentally remained unchanged for four years now. With only one tank of fuel available to the driver for each race, this performance gain is a substantial benefit over the course of a race.

Luca Marmorini, Scuderia Ferrari Head of Engines and Electronics: "The engine is one of the most challenging and technically demanding elements of a modern Formula One car. The freeze in engine design, combined with the longer season and subsequent increased mileage on each unit means we look more and more to partners such as Shell to help us find performance gains."

The blend, developed at Shell s research base in Chester (UK), is the latest in the on-going fuel and lubricant development progress for Ferrari that has its roots in the 1930s.

In the course of a season, Shell scientists experiment with a variety of blends of fuels for Ferrari, each with an eye to increasing the fuel efficiency, power output or ideally, both.

Having run the experimental blends in computer simulations, Shell will submit around 20 new blends of fuel to Ferrari per year. The fuels are then tested in Ferrari Formula One engine test benches, with the more successful candidates making it through to longer bench runs. After each run, Shell engineers analyse the data together with Ferrari engineers. Meanwhile, a batch of fuel is simultaneously sent to the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) labs for approval. Once approved by both the FIA and Ferrari, it may be used at an F1 race meeting.

At each race, the fuel will be continually monitored against this FIA sample to ensure that it remains in peak condition and that should any contamination enter the system, it is detected and removed. This is done in the mobile trackside laboratory that Shell has at every race along with a team of Shell analysts who are on hand to monitor the fuel, the lubricant and the condition of the Ferrari engine.

Source: http://www.f1technical.net/news/1730...a3476b6172c468

Ferrari is really leaving no stone unturned for this weekend. I am sure we must have tested this new fuel blend during the Mugello test as well. I really hope we leave the others in our dust scratching their heads about our sudden leap in performance this weekend.


Forza Ferrai

[Omegablue]

Curious to know the power gain in seconds per lap?

[gvsnraju85]

Curious to know the power gain in seconds per lap?

Montmelo, 10 May – After a three week break and a three day test session at Mugello, all the chatter in the Barcelona paddock today is about what updates all the teams have introduced on their cars for this weekend. The talk centres almost exclusively on the aerodynamic side, which is indeed the most important factor to influence car performance. However, every slight advantage gained can make a big difference when it’s time to add up championship points and today, Scuderia Ferrari held a press conference to talk about an important but invisible update from its long term partner and fuel and lubricant supplier Shell.

“Shell is introducing a new V-Power fuel here in Spain with the aim of giving Ferrari a performance benefit,” explained the team’s Head of Engine and KERS Operations, Mattia Binotto. “Development of a new fuel takes a few months and it involves a lot of time, energy and resources. Shell begins developing a new fuel by screening several different samples in its laboratory before supplying what it believe to be the best candidates to us at Maranello. We then run performance checks on the dyno, although performance is not the only parameter, as we also look at combustion efficiency, speed of combustion, consumption and also power output. Then, the best sample is selected and undergoes reliability tests. This is a time consuming process and we are happy to introduce this new Shell V-Power fuel here in Spain as we expect it to give us an advantage.” Asked as to whether this advantage can actually be quantified, Binotto explained that indeed there is a lap time benefit. “To summarise it, I would say that if it works as planned then it should be good enough to improve your grid position by one place, at a time when qualifying performances are so close. In fact, given the engine freeze, there is very little one can do to enhance the performance of our 056, but this is one way that is allowed.” Binotto also intimated that two more developments on the fuel front could be expected prior to the end of the 2012 season.

Source: http://www.ferrari.com/English/Formu...le-update.aspx

[Ferrarichamp]

well considering that sometimes the difference in qualifying can be 0.01 or 0.02 secs, that doesn't tell us much.

[Rob]

5.10.2012 ( MODs, if this has been posted before please delete or move to appropriate thread )


Montmelo, 10 May – After a three week break and a three day test session at Mugello, all the chatter in the Barcelona paddock today is about what updates all the teams have introduced on their cars for this weekend. The talk centres almost exclusively on the aerodynamic side, which is indeed the most important factor to influence car performance. However, every slight advantage gained can make a big difference when it’s time to add up championship points and today, Scuderia Ferrari held a press conference to talk about an important but invisible update from its long term partner and fuel and lubricant supplier Shell.

“Shell is introducing a new V-Power fuel here in Spain with the aim of giving Ferrari a performance benefit,” explained the team’s Head of Engine and KERS Operations, Mattia Binotto. “Development of a new fuel takes a few months and it involves a lot of time, energy and resources. Shell begins developing a new fuel by screening several different samples in its laboratory before supplying what it believe to be the best candidates to us at Maranello. We then run performance checks on the dyno, although performance is not the only parameter, as we also look at combustion efficiency, speed of combustion, consumption and also power output. Then, the best sample is selected and undergoes reliability tests. This is a time consuming process and we are happy to introduce this new Shell V-Power fuel here in Spain as we expect it to give us an advantage.” Asked as to whether this advantage can actually be quantified, Binotto explained that indeed there is a lap time benefit. “To summarise it, I would say that if it works as planned then it should be good enough to improve your grid position by one place, at a time when qualifying performances are so close. In fact, given the engine freeze, there is very little one can do to enhance the performance of our 056, but this is one way that is allowed.” Binotto also intimated that two more developments on the fuel front could be expected prior to the end of the 2012 season.

http://www.ferrari.com/English/Formu...le-update.aspx

[sav_pap]

Well done.
You must gain from any source you can.

[sav_pap]

Good partners ==> good results !!!