Ferrari becomes the first team to get a power unit upgrade post F1 summer break
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Ferrari team princial Mattia Binotto
With the 2022 Formula One season currently in the summer break, the whole of the F1 world is looking forward to the Belgian Grand Prix coming up in three weeks time. And with all the teams working overtime to make their cars edge past their opponents in term of performance, Ferrari have announced that a major Power Unit upgrade is on the way for the Belgian Grand Prix.
In terms of the components of the Power Unit. March 1st set the deadline for any kind of performance related upgrades that could have been made to the Internal Combustion Engine, Turbocharger and MGU-H. Safety or durability related upgrades can still be made though.
The rest of the components, namely the Control Electronics, Energy Store and MGU-K can be upgraded performance wise till the 1st of September. The Belgian Grand Prix set to be held on the 28th of August is the last event before the developments are freezed.
Ferrari have lost out on a lot of points due to Power Unit related issues
With Red Bull, Mercedes and Renault yet to announce any kind of Power Unit upgrades, Ferrari have stepped up to be the first team to announce that they will go for a PU upgrade. In hopes of improving their declining performance in the remaining nine races of this season, Ferrari F1 team principal Mattia Binotto announced that the scuderia are bringing in changes to their hybrid Power Units.
Ferrari had three Power Unit-related failures throughout the season, two of them claiming Leclerc as the victim. One during the Spanish Grand Prix and the other during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz also suffered a failure at the Austrian Grand Prix when his engine burst up into flames. As a result of all this, both of the drivers have lost out on an immense number of points and have fallen behind to the Reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen. Whether the new Power Unit will be a sign of better things to come, will only be known once the Maranello outfit let out their prancing horses onto the track at the Belgian Grand Prix.
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Riddhi Mondal
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