Comments on: Ferrari engines fill top four places in speed traps in qualifying at Valencia

By: motion

motion — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:35:13 +0000

Hey John, and when they were all light together Vettel ran quickest of all the field

By: John

John — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:21:13 +0000

i think the torro rossos were just really light

By: Sush

Sush — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:15:49 +0000

Historically Renault have always had the engine with least horsepower. They just had clever ways of getting around it, such as 72% V8 engine.

the Engine freeze hurt them in that way too, the teams have to have a 90% V config now.

I feel sorry for Force India, having such an old chassis, doing wonderful things with it though!.

By: M Smith

M Smith — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:11:51 +0000

Yes, it was certainly a surprise when Renault went from the most desired engine in the field to possibly the 5th least powerful engine in the field (maybe even beneath Honda’s powerplant? I find that engine hard to judge since its only in the Honda) in 2 years…

Thanks for the statistics Keith, yeah so much for Mercedes having the 25bhp advantage.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:13:52 +0000

Toby – I know what you mean about Ferrari but I think a lot of people who read this site are wise to the ways of Formula 1 and they know that any opportunity to develop the cars will always be exploited. I think there was more surprise that Renault were not developing their engine…

By: Toby

Toby — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:10:56 +0000

Two points. To chuck in the conspiracy theorist spanner, what if McLaren/Mercedes have turned the wick down after this story broke? Not surprising that they’d be gun shy after last season.

Secondly, isn’t it amazing that the anti-Ferrari/Schumi crew aren’t spouting about this (apparent engine development) everywhere. If Michael Schumacher was still racing for Ferrari, can you imagine the acidic vitriol that would be inundating forums and blogs?! And if he was currently leading the championship, well….

By: the limit

the limit — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:02:06 +0000

I had to chuckle at that statistic, following on from the story concerning McLaren and their alledged ‘power’ advantage at the moment. Ferrari can never be written off, and when you see that statistic, who can blame Toro Rosso for buying Ferrari muscle?
It does, as you rightly point out Keith, that the ‘engine freeze’ is not exactly producing a ‘level
playing field’. What a surprise!
As for Massa’s engine this time out, atleast he knows that this is a fresh engine, after his last one flame grilled itself on the start/finish straight in Budapest.
This track appears to be one where the drivers can make good use of their power plants, though as Hungary taught us, nothing is cast in stone.