The Ferrari engine has recently been under a magnifying glass. In November last year, the FIA tightened the thumbs on engine regulations, after which Ferrari suddenly lost power. This year’s ability is nowhere to be seen, so team boss Mattia Binotto acknowledged last Friday that his team had indeed been hit by the new rules.
However, the Italian believes that the other engine suppliers also suffered from the so-called technical directives that the FIA wrote at the time. Unlike the Maranello team, Mercedes and Honda seem to have just taken steps forward.
In the face of Binotto’s statements, Wolff learns a lot. “Another bullshit story!”, The Mercedes team boss responds to, among other things RacingNews365. “There are clear rules about the engines, last year they were clarified again by the FIA, but that is not surprising, because if you had followed the rules, those rules would have been clear enough,” says Wolff from.
The Austrian can therefore see the humor of the fact that Ferrari has had to sacrifice a lot of power, while Mercedes has just come out as the big winner. “The irony about the story is that our rivals have pushed us to new heights.”
“We were close to a burnout last year because we were so busy innovating and developing to be even more competitive. And here we are. I think we’ve made a significant leap in terms of power compared to until 2019, because we noticed that it was necessary last year. I find that very ironic. ”
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