{"id":8863,"date":"2022-04-17T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/?p=8863"},"modified":"2022-04-17T17:12:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T16:12:30","slug":"fia-stresses-exception-to-formula-1s-engine-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/fia-stresses-exception-to-formula-1s-engine-freeze\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA stresses exception to Formula 1&#8217;s engine freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FIA head of single-seaters technical matters, Nikolas Tombazis, has declared that engine performance up and down the grid is relatively uniform after the introduction of the freeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The engine freeze is one of many alterations made to the technical regulations this season, with an E10 fuel blend \u2013 made up of 90 percent fossil fuels and 10 percent ethanol \u2013 brought in to help Formula 1\u2019s sustainability push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pinnacle of motorsport is aiming to become carbon neutral by 2030, and another part of this ambitious plan is to cease development on the power units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/tost-details-how-vettel-and-verstappens-early-years-in-f1-differ-to-tsunodas-debut-season\/\">Tost details how Vettel and Verstappen\u2019s early years in F1 differ to Tsunoda\u2019s&nbsp;debut season<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ICE development has already been suspended until the end of 2025, and electrical components will also have a freeze imposed on them halfway through the 2022 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferrari&#8217;s engine and the Honda-manufactured Red Bull power unit have looked especially strong thus far this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Red Bulls were around 11kph faster than Mercedes on the straights in Saudi Arabia, while Ferrari were noted as the third quickest in the flat-out sections ahead of the Renault-powered Alpine cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It must be emphasised that part of these deficits relate directly to set-up; Ferrari ran a significantly higher downforce setup in Jeddah, while fundamental flaws in Mercedes\u2019 chassis and floor is what is ultimately costing them performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subtracting aerodynamic efficiency from the equation, Tombazis calculates that every manufacturer on the grid is operating at roughly the same level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNone of the four manufacturers have problems at the moment, the performance is similar,\u201d he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He confirmed that there is an allowance for any manufacturer that has been struggling for reliability in the interests of fairness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lewis Hamilton goes in hunt of adrenaline rush during short trip to Dubai <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DdtA4ffeob\">https:\/\/t.co\/DdtA4ffeob<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Formula1News.co.uk (@Formula1newsUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Formula1newsUK\/status\/1511279234173616131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/completely-wrong-binotto-fires-back-at-claim-ferrari-had-unfair-advantage-on-2022-car\/\">\u2018Completely wrong\u2019: Binotto fires back at claim Ferrari had unfair advantage on 2022 car<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we discussed introducing the freeze, we determined that, if one was in difficulty, everyone would engage in good faith to discuss how to solve the problem, perhaps allowing for some development. There is no interest in sentencing someone to be left behind for four years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freezing developments on any components for a long period of time is unusual, but Tombazis reiterates the ecological responsibility that F1 has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not ideal to freeze engines for a long time, but we had to do it because it would have been unsustainable for the manufacturers to develop these units and the ones that will be introduced in 2026,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIA head of single-seaters technical matters, Nikolas Tombazis, has declared that engine performance up and down the grid is relatively uniform after the introduction of the freeze. The engine freeze is one of many alterations made to the technical regulations this season, with an E10 fuel blend \u2013 made up of 90 percent fossil fuels and 10 percent ethanol \u2013 brought in to help Formula 1\u2019s sustainability push. 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