Ferrari F1 is confident that it is making breakthroughs in power units toward 2022 when F1 engines are frozen.
Ferrari F1 has been away from the top of the podium since Sebastian Vettel won the 2019 F1 Singapore Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc won two other wins in 2019, but Ferrari’s F1 engine significantly reduced performance due to suspected illegality of F1 engine and subsequent technical directive and secret agreement with FIA rice field.
As a result, Ferrari F1 will endure the worst season of the last 40 years, 6th in the Constructors’ Championship in 2020.
However, in 2021, it improved significantly, overtaking McLaren and improving to 3rd place in the Constructors’ Championship. But in preparation for 2022, when a completely new F1 car will be introduced, the chassis and aerodynamics of the 2021 F1 car will be largely ignored, with the utmost focus on developing 2022 F1 power units, especially “ultra-fast” engine packages. Was hit.
And at the 15th round F1 Russian GP, a new hybrid system was introduced for the purpose of collecting data of the new F1 power unit in 2022. In the following 16th round F1 Turkish GP, it was also put into Carlos Sainz, and he gained an advantage in a fierce battle for 3rd place with McLaren.
“Compared to the past, the power unit was our big weakness and we were far behind in 2020, and if we look at our position now, the progress is clear,” said Mattia Binotto, Team Representative for Ferrari F1. “.
“The fact that we were able to achieve this eight races before the end of the season, given the pressure of working as hard as we could to get the engine up and running as soon as possible, is a big achievement for the team.”
Regarding the 2022 F1 engine, Mattia Binotto commented, “We can say that there will be a lot of innovation in the 2022 power unit. We are quite confident that we can improve it further.”
“The power unit is very different from the current one except for the hybrid. We introduced the hybrid in 2021 because we expected what the rules of 2022 would be.”
“But I have to say that the rest, especially the internal combustion engine, is quite different. We got a new fuel. It was 10% ethanol, which changed the combustion significantly. We all, Losing more or less 20 horsepower, which means that the combustion itself has changed considerably, so there are many opportunities in the development of power units and we have made significant changes. “
ScuderiaFans described the innovation Mattia Binotto talked about as follows:
“Maranello engineers are advancing into a new era of F1 with a highly innovative power unit, going beyond the turbine and compressor separated supercharging system architecture, following a concept well tested by Mercedes in the hybrid era. The decision was made. With the ambition to install a compressor in the intake box, the unprecedented configuration of the upper part of the heat-absorbing 6-cylinder is also a great advantage for aerodynamics. “
“A group of engineers led by Wolf Zimmermann, who handles advanced solutions, also researched a version defined as” ultra-fast “to employ a combustion chamber that can ensure the explosion stage with very fast ignition times. It’s a spark plug. Combustion chamber that ensures the stage of explosion with very fast ignition time and can get closer and closer to the principles known in diesel engines, without reaching an HCCI solution that can easily carry out spark ignition without Is for adopting. “
“By using an” ultra-fast “engine, Ferrari should make the air-gasoline mixture and combustion stages more uniform, and the air-gasoline mixture and combustion stages more uniform.”
In fact, so far, “ultra-fast” bench tests have yielded results in terms of both performance and reliability.
“At Maranello, we are confident that the solution is right for the future, but we don’t have much time available for development and we take the risk if the 2022 unit has to freeze without development potential until 2024. must not”
“For this reason, Enrico Guardieri, head of the engine engineer, will continue to innovate at the top of the engine (the compressor in the intake box), but embark on a more traditional combustion chamber starting with the solutions developed so far. I decided that. “
“Because the bench test is limited by regulation, we have time to run the two combustion chamber options in parallel by June, but we have to choose the final configuration by the beginning of summer. 6 cylinders. The “ultra-fast” version of is like being able to put it in a drawer even if the rules change. “
“Ferrari has always been at the forefront of presenting innovative ideas in F1, but in response to moments conditioned by the pandemic impact of the new coronavirus, which has placed a huge constraint on the imagination of design, engineers. Needed to readjust their ambitions. “
“The risk that Maranello can’t afford to complete a revolutionary power unit in time for the season is a risk, so it’s correct to foresee a parachute.”
In addition, Ferrari F1’s longtime fuel provider and now “innovation partner” Shell has already achieved tremendous results at the research center, recovering all the 20 horsepower lost in E10 fuel. The newly developed 2022 F1 power unit is said to have significantly exceeded the output value of last year’s model.
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