quoteGuy Grossi to fuel Sebastian & Kimi in Melbourne
• Celebrity chef, Guy Grossi to serve up exclusive technical dish to Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen • Scuderia Ferrari drivers to answer questions ahead of the 2015 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
On Thursday 12 March, Shell Australia will present Scuderia Ferrari drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen, alongside renowned Italian chef Guy Grossi at a media event in Melbourne.
Media will have the opportunity to capture an exclusive culinary event with Sebastian and Kimi, as Guy Grossi unveils a unique dish, specifically created to enhance driver performance akin to the properties of Shell V-Power fuel.
There will be unique photo and filming opportunities throughout the event and media are invited to ask the Scuderia Ferrari drivers questions ahead of Sunday’s race.
quote Gianlu D'Alessandro @Gianlu_DAle According to Omnicorse, #Ferrari in Melbourne will use an old power unit (not the one that they used in Barcelona) with less hp
quote Gianlu D'Alessandro @Gianlu_DAle According to Omnicorse, #Ferrari in Melbourne will use an old power unit (not the one that they used in Barcelona) with less hp
I hope its not true. Would be strange
Gazzetta writes it now too. Apparently they have found some reliability problems so will be more conservative with the PU at least in the first two races.
quoteFerrari engines in Australia more conservative. Material already left.
The discovery of a couple of drawbacks in the upper part of the engine has pushed the Cavallino technicians to do some changes to maximize reliability over performance.
March 7, 2015 - MARANELLO (MODENA) All the technical equipment of Maranello's Ferrari has already started the first long trip of the F1 world championship. In the next hours the rest of the team will depart for Australia. The technical choice, on the power unit, has been termed "conservative" according to the level of reliability achieved and and therefore you should not see, at least in the first two races all developments known. The SF15-T may therefore be slightly less "performance" in the face of what we saw in latestest hours in Barcelona. A decision that was born in the aftermath of accurate structural analysis carried out on the most advanced version of the engine that base still has the initials 059/4.
EXPECTATIONS - Not everything led to Jerez first, and then Barcelona, responded fully to the expectations of reliability in function of the minimum number of matches that each thruster must develop through the season. All this to the numerical limitations imposed by the FIA. The goal of each engine is not only to ensure the necessary mileage, next to 700-800 kmfor every weekend, but also ensure a ceiling which provides a variation of performance between the first and the last kilometers traveled, which must be less than 1.5 to 2% in the performance in front of the maximum performance.
DOUBTS - The data collected by telemetry in recent tests have raised a few doubts about the version of the Ferrari engine, while the same concerns did not occur on the "customers version". So much so that at first he had thought of a problem could be present in the phase of data acquisition. While an inconvenience was already settled using the application of a new "synthetic" material, in analysis are two drawbacks that have occurred in the upper part of the heat engine on two different engines and this was the origin of the "precautionary" decisions, took so to allow to go to win the most points possible points for both the drivers' championship, but especially for the constructors.
Maranello, 10 March – For a Formula 1 team, taking part in the Australian Grand Prix is like the first night for a theatre company: there’s tension, adrenalin, a great desire to get on with it, but also a lot of aspects that need checking. It’s with this determination and the realisation that testing is now over, that Sebastian and Kimi are preparing for their weekend in Albert Park.
A special track. For Sebastian Vettel, this is also his debut with Scuderia Ferrari and a return to the number 5 with which he won his first world title. “Over the winter, we managed to complete the majority of the programme we had set ourselves,” the German told Ferrari.com. “Now it’s time to take to the track in Australia and see just how competitive we are. The Melbourne track is very nice, but being made up of public roads it’s very difficult, because the surface is very bumpy and therefore very tricky.”
The set-up. It’s usually said that Albert Park is unique on the calendar because of its characteristics, something Sebastian agrees with: “Because of the uneven surface, in Australia you need to opt for a softer configuration to the one you’d use at many other circuits, because you have to try and absorb the car’s jumps as much as possible. On top of that, it’s the first race of the season and it will be difficult for everyone to work out the perfect set-up and the best way to fine tune the car, because everything is still quite new. However, this is all part of the challenge. That’s why we go testing in the winter, so as to get to the track as well prepared as possible.”
A positive atmosphere. Kimi Raikkonen is also pleased with the work done this winter: “I’ve known the team for a few years now, but I have to say, this year the atmosphere is very good, the people are happy and are working together in a very close-knit way. I think that’s a good sign and on top of that, it seems that a good car has been produced over the winter period. Now the time’s come to go racing, which is when we will really understand where we are,” affirms Kimi.
Team work. Raikkonen has great memories of Melbourne: he won here twice, the first in 2007 at the start of his time with Scuderia Ferrari. “It’s a good place to start, even if it’s a long way for everyone. The journey is long, but once here, it’s nice to be in Melbourne. Usually the weather is nice and there’s a good atmosphere around us.” Kimi is therefore ready to give it his best shot: “I think that compared with last year, we have done a great job as a team. We are pleased with what we achieved over the winter and with the level of competitiveness that we expect to have reached, even if we will have to wait until we’re on track to get the real verdict. Anyhow, we will continue to push to improve all the time. I am confident that we will manage to achieve the results we deserve and want.” - See more at: http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/sebasti...h.Lr2jZjap.dpuf
Quote: Sonny wrote in post #12Can't wait for the first race..
I hope it's not true about the engine...
it isn't http://f1-insider.com/postkarte-aus-melbourne-teil-1/ Ferrari spokesperson: "That's not true. Basically we will drive with the same specification as at last test in Barcelona and therefore will have same power. I don't know anything about reliability problems."