Red Bull boss thinks Ferrari will gain more engine power in 2023
Feb.9 - Christian Horner expects Ferrari will field a more powerful Formula 1 car in 2023.
Last year, the Maranello team's initial challenge to Horner-led Red Bull ultimately petered out - but reports from Italy suggest the Ferrari power unit will be 30 horsepower better this season.
The same reports suggest Ferrari's chassis will also be considerably lighter in 2023.
Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner talks during the Oracle Red Bull Racing Season Launch 2023 at Classic Car Club Manhattan on February 03, 2023 in New York City
"In theory," Red Bull boss Horner told Auto Motor und Sport, "nobody can gain a lot of horsepower anymore.
"But Ferrari obviously had reliability problems last season. If they have fixed those problems, they can get more out of the same engine this year. That will inevitably lead to progress at Ferrari."
At the same time, Red Bull's engine - the Honda-based 'Red Bull Powertrains' unit - powered Max Verstappen to a dominant title win in 2022.
"I think Ferrari has a lot more margin so we have to take that into account," Horner said. "We all saw how they really scaled the engine back last year after their reliability issues.
"We only had minor reliability problems last year - certainly not to the extent of Ferrari."
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Well that’s very enlightening Christian you learn something new every day.
Gee, I thought all of these guys were tuning for less horsepower to go slower this year. Silly me.
Any gains would come solely via better reliability that allows harder pushing rather than development, so nothing extraordinary.
If this is the case. Renault has by far to most horsepower to release this season yet...
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Pish Tush yet again
All teams are regulated by the FIA specifications
true but if they turned down the engine last yr to help reliability, if theyve modified whatever was causing the issue and its lol "within the rules" by turning the engine back up , it isnt exactly a 30hp gain