Following a succession of strong results by Ferrari-powered teams during the Bahrain Grand Prix, some have speculated that the Scuderia has developed the greatest power engine for 2022.
After the Scuderia finished 1-2 in the Bahrain Grand Prix and Haas’ Ferrari-powered VF-22 ranked fifth, Haas Team Principal Guenther Steiner claims Ferrari has the greatest engine on the 2022 F1 grid.
Ferrari was largely regarded as having the greatest engine throughout the 2019 season, but after an FIA probe into the validity of their power unit, they dropped badly behind in 2020.
The Prancing Horse, on the other hand, appears to have reclaimed the top spot in 2022, with this year’s F1 power units being forced to adapt for the first time to run on E10 fuels.
According to Italian reports, Ferrari had already addressed the horsepower shortfall caused by the difference in fuel composition before the season began, and Steiner is confident that the Scuderia’s victory in Bahrain was not a fluke.
“I think the Ferrari is currently the best engine,” Steiner told the media. Magnussen’s 5th performance was Haas’ strongest since the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix, and the team’s first points result in 28 races.
“That gives a lot of credit to them, because they were in the same position as us, they had to take a lot of sh*t from people about [their lack of performance], and they just did their homework and came back with something very good.”
Ferrari engines attract admiring attention
Pierre Gasly of AlphaTauri shared Steiner’s concerns on the Ferrari engine, remarking on the trouble he had preserving his position against Magnussen.
“These Ferrari engines are definitely back to where they were in 2019,” said the Honda-powered Gasly. “It wasn’t easy to keep [Magnussen] behind.”
Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team manager, was another to praise the Ferrari power unit, despite the Mercedes engine being the class of the field for much of F1’s turbo-hybrid period.
“I don’t think that there’s big differences between the power units but, clearly, Ferrari made a big step forward,” he said.
“Last year, they weren’t totally competitive and today, if you look at the singular event in Bahrain, it looks like they’ve outperformed everyone else.”
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