No. McLaren will be using BP/Castrol in 2018, but Petrobras will sponsor them. It will probably be rebadged. Petrobras will be developing their own fuel for 2019.
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More details about McLaren's technical leadership changes are becoming public as it has now become clear that Toro Rosso's highly valued technical director, James Key, is set to join McLaren in the same role.
Well the fact McLaren were not given access to the Merc PU when they used their motors (see Ron Dennis complaining customers don't get the same benefits) and even the Honda's internal components weren't completely divulged to them, unless Renault are surprisingly open and say "oh hey, here are the plans and intricate running details of our new PU you'll require to test with your new fuel partner", they unlikely have unrestricted access..
To be expected. They had "900+" at the start of 2017. Whatever gains they made through that season, plus now improvements over the winter, having found a total of 50-60hp from Melbourne 17-Melbourne 18 is a logical progression.max_speed wrote: ↑21 Feb 2018, 13:32Renault engine producing 950 bhp plus..
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6291 ... 950HP8217/
Honda is rumoured to be north of 940hp at season start, which is a jump of 40-50 just over the winter as the end of last season, they were said to of just snuck into the 900s but they also had an apparent development engine planned to be used but it never saw the light of day. But as said this is only rumour. I have not heard much from Merc and Ferrari apart from they are claiming the same power output as the end of last year but with greatly increased durability. So we will have to wait and see!
if i remember correctly , few months back there were articles published , claiming mercedes and ferrari both have cross magic number 1000 bhp.GhostF1 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2018, 13:55Honda is rumoured to be north of 940hp at season start, which is a jump of 40-50 just over the winter as the end of last season, they were said to of just snuck into the 900s but they also had an apparent development engine planned to be used but it never saw the light of day. But as said this is only rumour. I have not heard much from Merc and Ferrari apart from they are claiming the same power output as the end of last year but with greatly increased durability. So we will have to wait and see!
lol. it's just the mclaren swoosh fully white instead of red.
I don't know. It looks like the old logo has been torn up there.
#aerogollumturbof1 wrote: YOU SHALL NOT......STALLLLL!!!
renault have better ers sustem and fuel consumption from ferrari ..mercedes have close 1000hp but only for quali mode ..on race mode arround 980..ferrari can have 980 too but not for big time ...because need more fuel for the same power from mercedes-renault ...honda last year it was less than 900hp...40-50hp less from renault and 80-90 from mercedes..more or less all they start with this numbers...maybe renault have 10-15hp more and ferrari better ers and fuel managment ...fuel development maybe bring little more on 1st race....if renault can touch 970hp red bull and mclaren can be title contendermax_speed wrote: ↑21 Feb 2018, 14:13if i remember correctly , few months back there were articles published , claiming mercedes and ferrari both have cross magic number 1000 bhp.GhostF1 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2018, 13:55Honda is rumoured to be north of 940hp at season start, which is a jump of 40-50 just over the winter as the end of last season, they were said to of just snuck into the 900s but they also had an apparent development engine planned to be used but it never saw the light of day. But as said this is only rumour. I have not heard much from Merc and Ferrari apart from they are claiming the same power output as the end of last year but with greatly increased durability. So we will have to wait and see!
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13358 ... hp-barrier
http://en.f1i.com/news/85644-ferrari-en ... 0-bhp.html
It will only be stickers in 2018, next year they'll have real-time laboratory testing in the McLaren garage with their own fuel.
Yeah, because Mobil 1 had big problems developing fuel for the Renault.GhostF1 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2018, 11:36Well the fact McLaren were not given access to the Merc PU when they used their motors (see Ron Dennis complaining customers don't get the same benefits) and even the Honda's internal components weren't completely divulged to them, unless Renault are surprisingly open and say "oh hey, here are the plans and intricate running details of our new PU you'll require to test with your new fuel partner", they unlikely have unrestricted access..
