(Motorsport-Total.com) – The decision is made: Ferrari will travel to Monza with the ADUO2 engine. Both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will homologate the further developed six-cylinder on their SF-26, which benefits from the adjustments granted by the FIA as part of the Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities.
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Unlike Kimi Antonelli, who has to settle for the fifth Mercedes unit of the season at his home race in Italy and receives a grid penalty that inevitably pushes him to the back of the field, the two Scuderia drivers will use power unit number four. This allows them to fully fight for their chances in Monza.
Mercedes does not seem to want to change the engine for George Russell. The hope is to send the Briton into the fight for pole position and thus counter Ferrari’s uprising. The new power unit is expected to be used by him only in Baku.
The engine department under the leadership of Enrico Gualtieri has given the green light for the use of the new unit at Ferrari, in which both the combustion chamber and the turbo have been revised (the diameter remained unchanged, but the inclination and the number of blades in the housing were adjusted).
There is talk of a power increase that should halve the gap to the M17 E Performance manufactured in Brixworth. An increase of just under 15 hp is expected, taking into account the performance effect of the new fuel developed by Shell Global Solutions in Hamburg.
The 067/7 engine with the ADUO2 upgrade stage has reached the required reliability threshold during repeated bench tests. Therefore, Ferrari is looking ahead to the upcoming home race in front of a record crowd with cautious optimism.
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The technicians worked not only on maximum power but also on a changed torque delivery to ensure a more efficient distribution of electrical energy.
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Aerodynamically, the red car will run in the flattest configuration of the season so far: the rear Macarena wing in an extremely low downforce version, which has not been used in previous races, will be used.
The blown exhaust remains part of the homologated specification for street circuits and will only be removed if a further reduction in air resistance is required.
It is known that Monza is one of the most demanding circuits when it comes to recharging the hybrid battery, as there are not enough sufficiently hard braking zones. For this reason, energy management strategies have been developed using AI, hoping to extract maximum efficiency from the system.
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