Ferrari has just successfully completed the fire-up on the F1-75, the ground-effect single-seater that was completed in the Gestione Sportiva. In the Gestione Sportiva the power unit called “Superfast”, but officially signed 066/7, resounded for the first time, which the Cavallino fans can now listen to.
The first start of an engine is always an emotional moment for those who work on the birth of a new car, because it is as if it were the first cry of a baby in the cradle, although the engine has already carried out a series of bench tests. (performance, reliability and development of E10 petrol).
And it should not be surprising, therefore, that the event was experienced live by the team principal, Mattia Binotto and by a small staff for compliance with the anti Covid regulations, but with the other members of the Scuderia connected to computers and screens.
“This is a very special moment – said Binotto -, more than it has happened in the past on similar occasions. The F1-75 is a completely new car. With this car we complete the journey that we started a couple of together. years ago, working as a “team”, united and determined “
In the Circus there is much anticipation for the power unit curated by Wolf Zimmermann, the German engineer in charge of the advanced studies of the Cavallino, who oversaw the six-cylinder “Superfast”: the unit has earned this nickname thanks to a room combustion which will have very fast ignition times.
There is talk of new very long intake ducts, capable of creating turbulent motions that will have to favor the speed of flame propagation with a simultaneous increase in power and also a reduction in consumption.
The engineers headed by Enrico Gualtieri would have recovered the power gap of about 20 horsepower due to the use of the new E10 petrol (with 10% ethanol) which on paper must have had a much lower calorific value.
Thanks to the support of Shell’s chemical laboratories, the gap should have been closed, so Ferrari hopes to bring the performance of the Mercedes engine closer.
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