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    Ferrari in talks with new turbo supplier

    Scuderia Ferrari is already hard at work at resolving its engine problems to prepare in the best possible way for the 2015 campaign. Until then though, no real performance updates can be added on the power unit.

    Italian magazine Autosprint has reported that the team has begun talks to change turbo suppliers after finding out that the turbo of the current power unit, supplied by Honeywell, is one of the main problems for the car's lack of performance.

    "Ferrari has its historical partners," wrote correspondent Alberto Antonini, "but something has to change."

    Since the very beginning of the season, both Renault and Ferrari have faced stiff competition from Mercedes who appear to have done the better job on their power unit. Our analysis from the Austrian GP also showed that Renault and Ferrari appear to be fairly evenly matched in terms of outright power.

    The regulations as they are now however are causing increased frustration among teams and suppliers as they are aware nothing much can be done about Mercedes' advantage. During the season, all power unit upgrades have to be given approval by the FIA and are only allowed when targeting an improvement in reliability. The problem here is obviously that Ferrari in particular are no really suffering any hardware reliability issues, requiring them to live with the current power deficit.

    Two weeks ago this has notably led to Luca Di Montezemolo's call for a meeting about the future of F1 following repeated public outbursts of his frustration with the engine freeze regulations.

    http://www.f1technical.net/news/19446?
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    Quote Originally Posted by vcs316 View Post
    Scuderia Ferrari is already hard at work at resolving its engine problems to prepare in the best possible way for the 2015 campaign. Until then though, no real performance updates can be added on the power unit.

    Italian magazine Autosprint has reported that the team has begun talks to change turbo suppliers after finding out that the turbo of the current power unit, supplied by Honeywell, is one of the main problems for the car's lack of performance.

    "Ferrari has its historical partners," wrote correspondent Alberto Antonini, "but something has to change."

    Since the very beginning of the season, both Renault and Ferrari have faced stiff competition from Mercedes who appear to have done the better job on their power unit. Our analysis from the Austrian GP also showed that Renault and Ferrari appear to be fairly evenly matched in terms of outright power.

    The regulations as they are now however are causing increased frustration among teams and suppliers as they are aware nothing much can be done about Mercedes' advantage. During the season, all power unit upgrades have to be given approval by the FIA and are only allowed when targeting an improvement in reliability. The problem here is obviously that Ferrari in particular are no really suffering any hardware reliability issues, requiring them to live with the current power deficit.

    Two weeks ago this has notably led to Luca Di Montezemolo's call for a meeting about the future of F1 following repeated public outbursts of his frustration with the engine freeze regulations.

    http://www.f1technical.net/news/19446?
    Please Ferrari, don't you ever again go for reliability instead of max power. Please! You already did that couple of times and it always bit you in your rear.

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    This is easy fix.. just crank up the boost ;)

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    And boom goes the turbo...
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    Can't we build a turbo in-house?
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    Quote Originally Posted by vcs316 View Post
    Can't we build a turbo in-house?
    I'm surprised Ferrari did not do that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kyss4k View Post
    Please Ferrari, don't you ever again go for reliability instead of max power. Please! You already did that couple of times and it always bit you in your rear.
    Wasn't' it Newey that said: "It's easier to make a fast car reliable than to make a reliable car faster"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vcs316 View Post
    Can't we build a turbo in-house?
    too difficult I think, it's a total different ballgame.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hornet View Post
    I'm surprised Ferrari did not do that.
    Not sure Ferrari traditionally had turbo expertise. F40 and 288 GTO turbos were outsourced.

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    I believe in the 80s Ferrari used kkk on the f1 cars and transferred that over to the 288 and road cars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Red is Best View Post
    Wasn't' it Newey that said: "It's easier to make a fast car reliable than to make a reliable car faster"?
    I agree, but that is not to say it is easy. Just ask Kimi about the WDC he didn't win at McLaren. The car was blazing fast, so long as the wheels stayed on.

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