He doesn't have any new engines.Sean H wrote:he doesn't have to use the same engine, he just can't use a new one. He still has usable engines.
And? That is not really a problem. Read again WilliamsF1's post. Alonso used a new engine for Spa which should be slightly less punished than usual due to the rain. This should compensate a bit his spin and the Rubens T-bone. He used another new engine in Monza. These were engines 7 and 8. The engine that won yesterday was #6. I'd be a bit uncomfortable using a 2-race old engine in Abu Dhabi... but just a bit.segedunum wrote:He doesn't have any new engines.Sean H wrote:he doesn't have to use the same engine, he just can't use a new one. He still has usable engines.
He doesn't have any 'new' engines. You can go back and use one of your old engines used in another race, but Alonso has no 'new' engines. If he needs a new one he will incur a penalty.Miguel wrote:And? That is not really a problem. Read again WilliamsF1's post. Alonso used a new engine for Spa which should be slightly less punished than usual due to the rain.
that was kinda my point, but thanks for repeating it.segedunum wrote:He doesn't have any new engines.Sean H wrote:he doesn't have to use the same engine, he just can't use a new one. He still has usable engines.
Why would you assume that they didn't update all their engines? Knowing that they would use them later for FP or even races?CHT wrote:it is fair to say the those Ferrari engines prior to the modication carried out in May 2010 were pretty much useless?
Once engines are produced, sealed by the FiA and used they cannot be updated. Only new engines that had not been raced can be produced to a new level of homologation.Sean H wrote:Why would you assume that they didn't update all their engines? Knowing that they would use them later for FP or even races?CHT wrote:it is fair to say the those Ferrari engines prior to the modication carried out in May 2010 were pretty much useless?
Not likely because the engine has the air leak problem, and they cannot update it to the new homologation once it is used to old homologation status.Gerhard Berger wrote:He can still use his Bahrain engine in the last race at Abu Dhabi aswell.
This is a quotation by James Allan. Pretty good explanation of the facts but not by WilliamsF1!WilliamsF1 wrote:Fernando Alonso won today’s Singapore Grand Prix using the same engine with which he raced in Germany and Hungary. It’s been a successful engine, scoring 68 out of a potential 75 points.
That engine will now be used for Fridays for the remainder of the season.
Despite having now used all his eight allocated engines, compared to his rivals Red Bull and McLaren who each have one fresh one to take, Alonso and Ferrari say that their running will not be compromised.
He has two engines which have both done one race each – Spa and Monza. These will be used across the remaining four races.
Ferrari say they are calm about the situation, given that the engine with which Alonso did his Friday running this weekend had covered over 2,500kms.
The other thing which is giving the team great satisfaction tonight is the fact that they have now beaten their opposition on two very different kinds of track – an extreme low downforce track (Monza) and a high downforce one (Singapore).
“This win means a lot to keep in the fight in the championship, ” said Alonso. “We know there are still four races to go but it seems we can be competitive in any track, so thanks to the team. Great job at the factory. Great job at the track as well getting 100 per cent of our potential all the time, so let’s see in the remaining races. Forza Ferrari!”
This bodes well for them for the remaining races. There is some discussion tonight about whether Korea will happen, although the pragmatists say it will happen even if we all have to muck in and help finish the track on the Thursday!
