Andrew Shovlin, truckside engineering director of Mercedes F1, explained that despite the frozen development of F1 engines, he is scrutinizing power units in areas where there is potential for improvement.
F1 has introduced an engine freeze (issued March 1st) that presents the development of the current power unit, but changes can be made to improve reliability and efficiency.
Andrew Shovlin casts some doubts on the new Mercedes F1 engine, which lacks performance in the first four races of the season, and has some areas to explore with power units to improve overall performance. I think there is.
Asked about the potential of the current power unit, Andrew Shovlin told RacingNews365.com, “We are always analyzing it.”
“There are areas where we think we can improve on managing our deployment, but now that we are a homologated unit, we can only do something for reliability.”
“Still, we never stop thinking about what we can do within the modes and how we can use them well. We can still gain more gain in deploying the available modes. Isn’t it? “
“We look at all areas for improvement when it’s not fast enough, and when it’s not fast enough.”
“Therefore, the mission of the people in the power unit is to focus on it and consider the tweaks we can make to find the gain.”
“And on the chassis side, various projects are currently underway to move forward.”
Mercedes F1 introduced some minor aerodynamic updates to the W13 at the Emilia Romagna GP, which had little effect on mitigating the car’s porpoising problem.
“This time it was a normal aerodynamic development. To be honest, we are working on the bouncing issue individually,” admitted Andrew Shovlin.
“We knew that the development we brought here wouldn’t affect it, which is why we focused on those parts.”
“But, as an aside, we are still trying to understand and overcome bouncing.”
“Similar to tire warm-up, this is another area of weakness in this car that needs to be fixed before it can be competitive.”
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