The Maranello based squad has been tipped for a strong start to the season, after some consistently good performances throughout the two pre-season tests.
As well as a degree of confidence about its F1-75 chassis, team principal Mattia Binotto suggests that its analysis of winter testing has delivered some encouraging feedback on its power unit performance too.
Although a final verdict will not be possible until all the engines are run in anger in qualifying, as teams disguise their potential in testing, Binotto says his team’s feedback from testing data was positive.
Speaking about the new engine for 2022, Binotto said: “Knowing that from this year the engines will be frozen for the next four seasons, it was obviously important to start with a power unit that had no performance gap to the competition.
“At the end of last season we had a gap of 20-25 horsepower, so the first goal was to cancel this margin.
“At the moment we are not yet able to understand what the values…
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