Mick Schumacher may have unwillingly provided an interesting information regarding the power of Ferrari’s 2019 engine.
After a stuttering start in Australia, Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko observed in Bahrain that the new Ferrari power unit for this year “goes like hell”. Mick Schumacher, the son of Formula 1 and Scuderia Ferrari legend Michael Schumacher, got his first taste of modern F1 machinery this week with a test in Bahrain. German automobile magazine Auto Bild quotes him as saying: “The car accelerates out of the corners so well. But you still need to have respect. If you don’t, with over 1000 horse power it would be dangerous.” – Mick explained.
For a few years now in the ‘power unit’ era, there has been speculation the hybrid engines are producing four-figure horse power figures.
At the same time, Mick Schumacher aditted that he did not expect to fare so well in his maiden Formula 1 test outings with Ferrari and Alfa Romeo in Bahrain this weekend. Mick finished second overall in his first day of F1 testing for Ferrari on Tuesday, before switching to Alfa Romeo for Wednesday’s running when he set the sixth-fastest time.
The 20-year-old completed 126 laps across the two days at the Bahrain International Circuit, but said he had not thought about finishing so far up the timesheets prior to the outings: “To be honest, no,” Schumacher said when asked if he expected such a performance before the test. But I guess that I had so much fun that it was easy to work on myself and work with the team. Both teams were very open and very good in teaching me all the points that I had to know. Over the whole day, I was able to improve and find the limit. You always feel a bit different, but in general, I was very happy in both teams. It’s hard to compare the two days. The cars in front were very quick, but I think we did a decent job and we can be happy with that.” – he concluded.
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