Apart from the intense struggle for the World of pilots Come in Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, and for him Builders World Come in Mercedes and Red Bull, the fight seems very even and tense between Ferrari and Mclaren for the third place in Builders. Those of Woking occupy this position with only 7.5 points of advantage over those of Maranello in the absence of only 6 races to be disputed this course. And in that battle, the Italians hope that the new power unit, assembled in Russia by Leclerc and in Turkey by Carlos Sainz, make a difference in this championship final.
For now, the Tansalpine team was very optimistic about the step forward that this fourth power unit of the course represents, especially improved in the energy recovery system, and that serves mainly to draw important conclusions to lay the foundations of the new engine 2022 before freezing. So much so that after the last Turkish GP, Mattia Binotto did not hide that said engine is a “small advantage” over the previous engine.
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“Since we introduced the engine in Sochi, the first objective is to try to gain experience for the 2022 engine. That is why we have introduced it as soon as possible, in the face of evolution, also taking some risks. But the key is to gain track mileage to gain experience before power units freeze in 2022. That is the key and the reason. It gives us a small advantage, but it cannot be quantified in a lap time because it depends on each circuit and it is not just the pure power of the combustion engine and energy recovery, it is a bit more complicated. It certainly gives us an advantage as the pilots have said ”, said Mattia, also referring to the appreciations of his two pupils, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
In this sense, Carlos Sainz believes that this new engine can be an important weapon in its fight with McLaren.
“In Turkey we have been faster than McLaren, in Sochi they were faster than us … so we think it will be a seesaw until the end of the year”, expressed about the equality between the two teams, highlighting that the superiority of one or the other will vary depending on the characteristics of each track.
“With the engine, I think that on the circuits where we are behind we will be able to be closer to them and on the tracks where we are in front it will allow us to be higher. In Turkey we have been able to cut 10 points and it is a big cut. We will continue working. There are 6 races to go and anything can happen ”, remarked Carlos, happy with the performance of his new power unit, with which he was seen with greater strength to overtake in Turkey, a place in which he went from 19th starting position up to eighth position with multiple overtakings that could have allowed him to battle for fifth or sixth place, something that he finally could not because of a bad pit stop for his team.
Ferrari, after hit bottom last year finishing in sixth position in the Constructors’ World Cup, He already pointed out at the beginning of the course that, with the limitation that there was for the evolution of the 2020 cars for this course by regulation, they had focused on ending the great evils of his car with the goal of achieving third place in the World Cup. Ferrari now wants to achieve that goal on a tight end of the course.