This kind of increase can come from mappings.atanatizante wrote: ↑12 Feb 2023, 17:30How reliable is this site or the author which is mentioning that "Mercedes W14: Possible double-digit horsepower gain, though difficult to compare against rival teams"?
https://www.formu1a.uno/mercedes-w14-si ... d-in-2023/
Now that we know that fuel could not be updated until 2026 and even via reliability reasons it`s hard to conceive that the power increase of some say 10HP could be done only through software/mapping upgrades ...
Maybe this power increase is coming from a new mapping which is now harvesting more energy via MGU-H, or possibly this power boost was coz they were running last year slightly detuned due to porpoising/bouncing inducing effects to ICE both structural integrity and functionality?
Remember that Ferrari dropped a lot of power by conservative mappings last season. Mercedes also registered a new crankshaft material late last year to support more power (a claimed reliability upgrade despite no known failures of the component ).