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