Before the Dutch Grand Prix, it emerged that Red Bull had made a request to the governing body regarding the sensors in the Mercedes engine that record the engine’s intake air temperatures.
Red Bull suspects Mercedes may be able to make recent profits by supercooling air through its engine bay to boost performance. The F1 regulations state that “the air temperature in the engine compartment must be more than ten degrees Celsius above the ambient temperature”.
The FIA useless sensors to monitor this as an average over a lap and ensure that the teams are complying with the regulations.
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner was shy when he wanted to clarify the meaning of the request in Zandvoort.
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“As is the case with all technical clarifications, they are constantly shared between all teams, and those clarifications are usually used to determine if something is acceptable as a solution in the eyes of the governing body,” Horner said.
“And then of course, if that is the case. We’ve had a lot of them with our car this year and I think it’s something that isn’t just for Red Bull, and this topic is certainly not just for Red Bull.
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“But of course this dialogue between the engineers is also an ongoing process in their forums, within the technical working groups. I’m sure it won’t be a big surprise. “
Toto Wolff said Mercedes ‘love’ that their main championship rival spends time questioning their engine, adding that a potential “distraction is good for the other team”.
However, Wolff rejected the idea that his team had a “special solution” to increase engine performance.
“I would like a special solution, but that’s the modus operandi in Formula 1, business as usual,” he said.
“Inquiries are made to the FIA, questions are asked. It’s completely normal. “
Horner pointed out that Honda wasn’t the only power unit manufacturer to submit an inquiry to the FIA.
Although Ferrari team boss Binotto revealed that he had discussed the matter with Red Bull, he emphasized that Scuderia had never made an official request.
“No, we haven’t,” said Binotto when asked whether Ferrari had joined Red Bull when it came to querying the Mercedes engine.
“I think, like all teams, all designers, we always try to understand what our opponents are doing. We analyze the images and look at the GPS data.
“We had a few question marks and discussed the issue with Red Bull. I talked to Christian Horner about it, but we as Ferrari have at least not asked the FIA any specific questions so far. “
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