Former F1 team representative Colin Kolles suspects that Scuderia Ferrari’s 2022 breakthrough may have been appointed by a “secret settlement” with the FIA (International Automobile Federation) in 2020. There is.
In 2020, Ferrari reached a secret settlement with the FIA over the “illegal engine” debate. Now often forgotten, at the time Ferrari promised to support the FIA’s biofuel research.
From 2020, F1 introduced E10 fuel, which must contain 10% renewable ethanol. When ethanol enters the fuel, less energy is produced and performance is reduced, even with the same amount as before. The loss is estimated to be 25 horsepower.
Colin Kolles. I suspect that Ferrari’s work in this area holds the key to a sudden leap in pace.
“In retrospect, the penalty may not have been a penalty at all,” Colin Kolles told Sport 1.
“Maybe Ferrari unintentionally benefited from a joint study with the FIA?”
“I heard that in Saudi Arabia, the Mercedes engine is missing 0.5 seconds per lap.”
But Helmut Marko, Red Bull F1’s motorsport advisor, says it’s an exaggeration.
“Not so many,” Helmut Marko claimed.
“There is no doubt that their engines are lagging behind.”
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