Compression ratio trick, Ralf Schumacher remembers 2019: “Ferrari should just shut up…”

Mercedes and the others There is always a lot of talk about the issue relating to the compression ratio of the Mercedes power unit, with the Silver Arrows respecting the regulatory requirement of 16:1 at room temperature, but managing to raise it to 18:1 in operation.
There are those who argue that this is a gray area of ​​the technical regulations and those who complain, underlining how there is a rule and clearly underlining that the rules must be respected at all times of the competition.
What is certain is that Ferrari, Honda and Audi complained to the FIA ​​and during the last meeting it was decided to implement in a still vague future a compression ratio measurement system that can also work in operation. Ralf Schumacher destroys Ferrari “The Mercedes trick is not unfair”, began former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher in the Sky Deutschland Backstage Boxengasse podcast, adding: “The so-called gray areas have always characterized F1. Five FIA ​​engineers are trying to prevent 2000 people from a team from finding a better idea in the folds of the regulations, Formula 1 has always been like this”. Ralf Schumacher did not miss an opportunity to throw a dig at Ferrari: “I think that they, of all the teams, should just keep quiet. I remember the story of the flow meter…”, he underlined in reference to the 2019 season and the secret agreement with the FIA ​​at the beginning of 2020.
The German concluded: “If the regulation is written in such a way that someone finds possibilities and someone was smart enough to exploit them, I take my hat off.”