The power unit development freeze, which has started since 1 September 2022 (the date when the deadline for updating the hybrid part of the engines expired) does not prevent manufacturers from working on engine reliability, a factor which can obviously also bring benefits from the point of performance because improving reliability obviously means being able to deliver more power without jeopardizing the integrity of the power unit.
Former Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto had underlined last season that the limited hours on the test bench had been mainly dedicated to the pursuit of performance precisely in the light of the power unit development freeze and that reliability would have been addressed later given that, as stated by the now ex team principal of the Maranello team, it was clear to the Ferrari technicians where to make changes. Gunther Steiner, on the occasion of the Bandini award which was received by Kevin Magnussen, said that according to what Mattia Binotto revealed to him that “the Ferrari 2023 engine will be a bomb” and the first rumors emerged as to why Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Haas can look to next season with big hopes.
As reported by the racingnews365 website in an analysis made by Paolo Filisetti, the 2023 Ferrari power unit will have 30 horsepower more than the 2022 version which had reliability problems related to the turbocharger and the MGU-H. The work on the dynamic bench in terms of reliability – granted by the regulation – focused on the search for better efficiency of the TJI (Turbulent Jet Injection) injection system, to obtain maximum performance of the combustion chambers and effective propagation of the front flame inside.
One year ago Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Haas took off like rockets, achieving important results in Bahrain. In Saudi Arabia, cooling problems slowed down Alfa Romeo and, as the season progressed, reliability problems arose which led the Ferrari-powered teams to be the ones that covered the fewest kilometers overall in 2022. 2023 could be the year of redemption from this point of view.
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