Will Mercedes have the 'Rocket Engine' in 2022?

2 роки тому

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So what was that Rocket Engine about last year? After Brazil, Merc seemed to just be able to produce WAY more power - meaning Lewis could start LITERALLY AT THE BACK in the sprint race and still win the race on Sunday.
So how did they do it? And will they be able to do the same thing in 2022?
We’ve got Scarbs back to help explain - let's go!
Right, so back in Brazil we first saw this ‘Rocket Engine’ or as Mercedes called it - the Spicy Engine.
They seemed to have an OUTRAGEOUS power advantage on the rest of the field, with Hamilton reeling in cars from SECONDS back on that long-ish back straight.
And yet - the teams were not allowed to change anything about that engine. So was it a secret upgrade? Or did they just find some extra power?
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@Driver61 2 роки тому

Who do you think will have the quickest car next year?

@freeski919 2 роки тому

Mercedes had essentially created the engine undercut. It's a strategy that plays out over races, instead of tyre undercuts which play out over laps.

@sethje 2 роки тому

The "story" is that Mercedes tried several potential devastating engine settings on Bottas. It cost him several extra engines before they found the setting maxing out the power for two or three races. In fact they overclocked the enige for a very long time, just as the quali settings from 2019 and before. The big problem is the penaltys tried to reduce the number of engines .But changing only the ICE the penalty is not a big problem.

@f1matt 2 роки тому

Great to see Scarbs involved with this channel.

@prakesh2904 2 роки тому

They found the extra power in some of Toto's diagrams

@Knightsthatsaynih 2 роки тому

Well I think Mercedes might want to plan running more than 3 engines anyway from the start of the season given their power advantage. "IF" overtaking does get easier, as expected, then a 5 place grid penalty for changing just the ICE can be recovered in the first 5 laps of the race.

@ediltonspencer6974 2 роки тому

This guy Craig should have his own UKposts channel and it would be a huge success. He's so knowledgeable about F1.

@tristangagnon7348 2 роки тому

I'm glad that this channel have started bringing Craig Scarborough in. I really like the driving content that Driver61 makes but I found some of the less driving related videos were lacking on the technical side with some misconceptions being repeated. Bringing Craig Scarborough in really ups the content that the Driver61 chanel brings.

@Leviathan3219 2 роки тому

Nice explanation: "Teams are only allowed to run three engines per year"

@KevinPassino 2 роки тому

Honestly, the grid penalties are so light, if I'm Merc or RB, build 8-10 engines and just plan on 2-3 races out of each engine. Lewis and Max can easily go from 6-8 to a podium finish if their engines are at 100% power while others are 6 races deep on an engine. Cost caps don't apply to engines and it's not like either team has to worry about money constraints in that case.

@timoooo7320 2 роки тому

It seems they dialed it up when it didn't need to last 7 races, but also it seems that they were having some reliability concerns at first and then by Brazil they said they figured out the reliability issue and are not concerned anymore, so I think that also allowed them to dial it up more, so I think this will carry over to 2022

@SAITHCO 2 роки тому

heres a theory. the botas power unit swiching was a binning process to find the most reliable engine for lewis

@lucianoalves1878 2 роки тому

If they don't patch the 5 place grid penalty after the fourth engine, I can see some teams abusing this for sure. They need to increase or keep at 10 for every engine after the maximum allowed

@manicdan481 2 роки тому

I still dont understand how the cost caps affect the teams yet. It feels like they have unlimited money to just buy new engines as needed.

@Bahamuttiamat 2 роки тому

Fun fact, Mercedes engine has always had a higher performance ceiling at the cost of reliability. The banned engine modes of 2020 adversely affected them as they were forced to run similar modes in both quali and the race. In the past they'd use strat 2 (party mode) for quali, then switch to strat 5 for the race. Operating in lower (ICE) mode reduced the engines duty cycle, extending it's useable life. However, the redbull challenged meant that wasn't possible.