Thanks! This is quite a big feat for such a new engine, especially when adding the rumours about late changes and problems. Of course there might have never been any
Seems like that’s probably the most for a single engine - if I’m not mistaken it’s 211 for Mercedes and 273 for Red Bull (even with the senior team running two days already). Ok, only two Mercedes teams have run but Cadillac being new means they’re never going to rack up huge mileage, so it does seem to show pretty strong reliability for Ferrari (albeit all PUs are probably running in their most conservative settings).
320 laps here is roughly 5 GPs worth of mileage. TBD if they have pushed the engine at all yet, but baseline reliability seems to be there.f1316 wrote: ↑27 Jan 2026, 21:30Seems like that’s probably the most for a single engine - if I’m not mistaken it’s 211 for Mercedes and 273 for Red Bull (even with the senior team running two days already). Ok, only two Mercedes teams have run but Cadillac being new means they’re never going to rack up huge mileage, so it does seem to show pretty strong reliability for Ferrari (albeit all PUs are probably running in their most conservative settings).
Still, given it was reported that Mercedes’ 200km filming day was some kind of “warning shot” (which ranks with some of the most ridiculous hyperbole yet…), it seems Ferrari are just as able to run smoothly.
I assume at this stage just racking up miles on the power unit whatever the weather will help to understand any installation, component issues.
Yeah i was just being sarcastic for the one person here who is always negativeF1subman25 wrote:I assume at this stage just racking up miles on the power unit whatever the weather will help to understand any installation, component issues.
But at the risk of writing off the car and losing a day's running? Is it worth it? Lucky Hadjar crashed right at the end of the day. Huge Kudos to Lewis and especially Charles for keeping it on track. Brand new car with a steeper torque curve, in the wet, it would've been so easy to throw it into the wall.
the rules technically say that you need to machine the piston head from the same metal piece, not sure why there were reports of Ferrari 3D printing them. Maybe I'm missing something myself.
The report was about the cylinder head, not the piston, and the only limitations there is that "must be manufactured from aluminium or iron-based alloys"dialtone wrote: ↑28 Jan 2026, 01:03the rules technically say that you need to machine the piston head from the same metal piece, not sure why there were reports of Ferrari 3D printing them. Maybe I'm missing something myself.
EDIT: leaving the post up, I'm wrong, you can manufacture the piston however you want, the only limitation are the alloys: AMS 6487, 15cdv6, 42CrMo4, X38CrMoV5‐3
According to my research these are all steels so... CrMo in the last 2 is a bit of a giveaway, 15cdv6 is another CrMo carbon steel and AMS6487 is aerospace steel.
So all steel, aluminum alloys were struck out in 2023.
Turning the engine up at this stage would be a major misstep IMO because you will give the other manufacturers a clear target to aim for. I think with so much test time we'll gradually see the manufacturers take jabs at each other with the modes to feel each other outjambuka wrote: ↑28 Jan 2026, 00:47I would take these laps covered with pinch of salt
Ferrari 2022 Pre-Season Testing Stats
• Total Engine Blow-ups: 0
• Total Major Mechanical Failures: 0
• Total Distance Covered: ~3,914 km (2,432 miles)
• Total Laps Completed: 788 laps
They need to turn on the engine to highest power now and really stress it to uncover issues
