Any video evidence?
Are they cheating again?
Most probably
Idk about the engines being artificially restricted, but I did notice that in testing Ferrari almost never changed any power modes. Especially on day 3, where everyone kindof bumped it up a little. I watched a number of verstappen onboards as well as tsunoda onboards (since they were the fastest 2 times). From there, what I noticed was that the two Honda powered teams definitely ran a quali-sim. Ofc, I'm 100% sure they didnt run on full power, but they switched engine modes. You can confirm that by watching their in-laps and the outlaps. As soon as they ended their flying laps, they always switched engine modes.Mr.G wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:41 pmIs there any comment on the news that the ~40HP is gain against last year engine or against last year performance of the engine? As the rumours that they have been artificially restricted to not run on full power and now they can run the old engine on full power + 40HP it would be nice. But is probably just my wishful thinking
Not necessarily. When was the smoke from? Idle, low loads or low revs? If so then it's probably just oil getting past the piston rings. They will generally run piston rings quite loose to minimise friction. The trade-off is that at low loads they don't seal against the piston walls properly (the combustion chamber pressure forces the ring against the wall giving a better deal) and allow some oil to bypass.
There was a speculative comment from the moderators on the F1TV during the last section of test that Ferrari may asked Alfa to test the higher power modes for them. Kimi would be good candidate for that...ryaan2904 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 6:24 amIdk about the engines being artificially restricted, but I did notice that in testing Ferrari almost never changed any power modes. Especially on day 3, where everyone kindof bumped it up a little. I watched a number of verstappen onboards as well as tsunoda onboards (since they were the fastest 2 times). From there, what I noticed was that the two Honda powered teams definitely ran a quali-sim. Ofc, I'm 100% sure they didnt run on full power, but they switched engine modes. You can confirm that by watching their in-laps and the outlaps. As soon as they ended their flying laps, they always switched engine modes.Mr.G wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:41 pmIs there any comment on the news that the ~40HP is gain against last year engine or against last year performance of the engine? As the rumours that they have been artificially restricted to not run on full power and now they can run the old engine on full power + 40HP it would be nice. But is probably just my wishful thinking
Conversely, with Ferrari, neither Leclerc nor sainz switched between any engine mode before or after the flying lap. They prepped the car same as others before the flying lap but no settings were changed on the engines.
So there is more to come from that Ferrari engine. How much? That we'll have to wait and see.
There is a high chance for that being the case. I can't confirm it since they cut kimi's dash view before the last few corners as he set his fastest time, but I can confirm that Ferrari were definitely not running anything close to a quali mode.Mr.G wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:15 amThere was a speculative comment from the moderators on the F1TV during the last section of test that Ferrari may asked Alfa to test the higher power modes for them. Kimi would be good candidate for that...ryaan2904 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 6:24 amIdk about the engines being artificially restricted, but I did notice that in testing Ferrari almost never changed any power modes. Especially on day 3, where everyone kindof bumped it up a little. I watched a number of verstappen onboards as well as tsunoda onboards (since they were the fastest 2 times). From there, what I noticed was that the two Honda powered teams definitely ran a quali-sim. Ofc, I'm 100% sure they didnt run on full power, but they switched engine modes. You can confirm that by watching their in-laps and the outlaps. As soon as they ended their flying laps, they always switched engine modes.Mr.G wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:41 pmIs there any comment on the news that the ~40HP is gain against last year engine or against last year performance of the engine? As the rumours that they have been artificially restricted to not run on full power and now they can run the old engine on full power + 40HP it would be nice. But is probably just my wishful thinking
Conversely, with Ferrari, neither Leclerc nor sainz switched between any engine mode before or after the flying lap. They prepped the car same as others before the flying lap but no settings were changed on the engines.
So there is more to come from that Ferrari engine. How much? That we'll have to wait and see.
If that's your hope than you'll probably be disappointed. Those battery bars don't mean much in testing. Energy recovery intensity could be set to anything, high low medium.. who knows. Verstappen's top speed on his best lap in testing was 10 kmh less than on his Q3 lap last year.ryaan2904 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:50 amFerrari's battery % is at the bottom left of the dash, just above their horizontal battery bar.
AT has a vertical battery bar, while the battery % is at the middle right of the bar.
RBR dont display their battery % but they have the same styled vertical battery bar at the left of the screen.