Great anticipation for the new Ferrari engine
The Italian GP in Monza will be decisive for the fate of Ferrari. The Maranello team, after the enthusiasm generated by the ‘unexpected’ victories in Barcelona and Silverstone (the latter favored by the technical problem that slowed down Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s comeback chasing Charles Leclerc), has missed important opportunities in Hungary and the Netherlands.
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In the Constructors’ Championship, Ferrari has fallen 87 points behind Mercedes and must reverse the trend if it wants to dream of ending the title drought dating back to 2008. In Monza, Andrea Kimi Antonelli will have to serve a grid penalty. Therefore, the opportunity seems favorable even if Red Bull should not be underestimated. McLaren, on the other hand, could suffer from its poor aerodynamic efficiency on the straights of the Brianza circuit.
The anticipation is all for the ‘ADUO-2’ engine that Ferrari should introduce precisely on the occasion of the home GP. According to the report by the-race.com, this specification of the power unit will have innovations in the thermal engine and turbo, a ‘preview’ of the more extensive development work being done in Maranello with a view to 2027.
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Part of this development work is already ready to be introduced in what will be the fourth seasonal engine available to Leclerc and Hamilton, a power unit that will therefore not cost a penalty to Ferrari’s drivers who in the power unit rotation will have an ‘ADUO-1’ power unit and an ‘ADUO-2’ power unit in addition to the two ‘standard’ ones used at the start of the season without the benefits of ADUO.
