News Details

Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault engines are three tenths apart

Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting revealed to media on day one of the Russian Grand Prix weekend that tests down by the FIA show that the power units of Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault engines are three tenths apart. Last year the sport's four engine manufacturers agreed to a performance study to compare the the power units of Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and Honda. The agreement stated that, by the third race of 2017, three of the four suppliers would be within 0.3 of a second of each other around one lap of Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Whiting told reporters,'There was a very detailed methodology for simulating this based on all the data that only we...
Full Story »
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

FIA analysis suggests top three engines now covered by...

The FIA says its analysis has shown that the top three power units, those...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

FIA analysis shows Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault...

The FIA is convinced that the performance of the top three engines in...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Mercedes engine now only ahead of Honda - Perez

Mercedes' power advantage in Formula 1 has been wiped away by a...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Red Bull's stay dependent on engines

Red Bull have called on Formula 1's new owners to introduce 'simply,...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Why MotoGP hails 2025 season as a...

MotoGP promoter Dorna Sports has described the conclusion of the 2025...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Romet Jürgenson to compete in opening three WRC2...

The rising Estonian talent is joined by co-driver Siim Oja and start...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Chelsea plan to steal ‘pretty special' playmaker...

Chelsea are interested in signing the Genk midfielder Konstantinos...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'That's true, yes': Transfer expert confirms Arsenal...

Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing the Borussia Dortmund...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'What a massive player he is for us' - Mikel Arteta...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was full of praise for Declan Rice after...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Contact made: Berta leading talks as Arsenal prepare...

Arsenal are looking to improve the midfield unit with the signing of...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Red Bull CEO tells all on Christian Horner in rare interview

The CEO of the wider Red Bull GmbH brand Oliver... Read More »
21m ago from GPFans.com

Ferrari boss 'hopes' Lewis Hamilton is upset

Ferrari F1 boss Fred Vasseur has insisted that he... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Gasly on the friendship and fallout behind his rivalry with...

Pierre Gasly speaks about Esteban Ocon with the... Read More »
3h ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.