The final verdict on the ADUO-2 Ferrari will arrive today
As we highlighted through Federico Albano’s telemetry analysis, the quality leap of the Ferrari power unit equipped with ADUO-2 is evident from an energy perspective because now the Maranello engine has more available over the course of the lap.
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Only today in Qualifying, however, will we actually find out if the gap with the Mercedes power unit has been completely closed. Team principal Frederic Vasseur said that yesterday the engine mode and fuel flow were different between Ferrari and Mercedes, so today we will see if there are indeed still six tenths on the straights between Ferrari and Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton stated.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli on the eve had said to expect a significant step forward from Ferrari thanks to the ADUO-2 engine and the Friday practice confirmed these feelings.
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“Ferrari has made a step forward with the new engine and now the speeds are the same – said Antonelli – we know well how competitive their car is in corners, so surely the fight for pole position will be really tight.”
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