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While the technical regulations regarding the power units are going into their 4th stable year, Mercedes' engine Chief, Andy Cowell, has noted there are still gains to be made. Cowell underlined that the key to these continued improvements are Mercedes' proven testing facility.
My speculation, but I think they found about it here. Could be also a reason why Arrivabene had to go.zibby43 wrote: ↑15 Jan 2019, 09:03La Gazzetta dello Sport (not a source that I'm familiar with) has reported that a brand new, "deeply redesigned" power unit has been produced at Mercedes' Brixworth engine headquarters, "keeping little" of the 2018 unit.
The Italian newspaper said Merc has made quite a bit of progress with respect to energy recovery, accounting for 12 hp extra with no increase in fuel consumption.
I'm not sure I follow your post, in relation to mine.zokipirlo wrote: ↑15 Jan 2019, 12:53My speculation, but I think they found about it here. Could be also a reason why Arrivabene had to go.zibby43 wrote: ↑15 Jan 2019, 09:03La Gazzetta dello Sport (not a source that I'm familiar with) has reported that a brand new, "deeply redesigned" power unit has been produced at Mercedes' Brixworth engine headquarters, "keeping little" of the 2018 unit.
The Italian newspaper said Merc has made quite a bit of progress with respect to energy recovery, accounting for 12 hp extra with no increase in fuel consumption.
It's not simple, that's why they had to redesign everything. Make sense to me. Why would you redesign PU if you didn't found much better solution and risk reliability problems?
Did they take the upgrade off the car before Q/R? I'm trying to get my tired head around that subject, what the right way was. The Ferrari way?saviour stivala wrote: ↑25 Jan 2019, 10:51Wolff has revealed why Mercedes underperformed in Belgium 'We brought an upgrade to the power unit in SPA that we didn't quite understand yet, it was a work in progress in how to deploy the energy in the right way'.
