Wednesday, January 19, 2022 13:32 – Last update: 13:38
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The Mercedes Formula 1 team wants to take revenge on the lost drivers’ title in Abu Dhabi in the 2022 season and has built an extremely strong engine to achieve this, the Italian branch of Motorsport.com. A new German engineer has managed to realize an extra 20 horsepower.
Mercedes already had a very strong engine at the end of last season, but this was at the expense of reliability. Because of this, Lewis Hamilton have a new power source installed five times and Valtteri Bottas even six times. And this while according to the regulations only three motorcycles may be used per season. This problem will be solved towards next season, if we are to believe the reports from the Italian medium. The arrival of a new German specialist at the Brixworth factory would have played a major role in this.
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“The arrival of a German specialist in Brixworth would have enabled the development of a new turbocharger capable of improving the operation of the power unit, allowing for more extreme strategies,” the source wrote. Petronas has also improved its fuel economy, recovering some horsepower that seemed to have been lost due to the switch to E10 fuels. Ferrari and Red Bull also concluded at an earlier stage that the new fuel is a challenge. Petronas would have found a solution for that now.
The new ‘2022 power unit’ should be a significant step up from the F1 M12 E Performance 6 cylinder used in the W12. There would have been a gain of about 20 hp and the problem with the reliability also seems to be solved. Mercedes’ choice to focus early on the development of the 2022 car may therefore bear fruit.
“Due to the changes in the rules, the build-up of the new car has had nothing to do with the W12 anymore. Mercedes had put all its technical personnel on the car for 2022 last summer, leaving the development of the W12 behind,” he said. the Italian source. Red Bull Racing in Max Verstappen have been warned for next season.
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