Manfer wrote: ↑20 Jul 2020, 17:51
Push rod suspension does not explain the 1s or so Merc was pulling on Ferrari. There is evidence that shows Merc started their engine development year before anyone else. It was Toto and Ross Brawn who strong armed FIA into moving to the hybrid formula.
...personal stuff removed... Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault all together, along with the FIA(led by Gilles Simon) made the PU regulations. How could anyone have an unfair advantage when they were all present and participating? Merc were believed to have the best KERS system back in 09, why wouldn't they carry that advantage over? If anyone had an advantage it was Ferrari who forced the switch from the original I4 concept to a V6 at the last moment with the threat of using their veto. This switch actually caused the delay of the implementation of the PUs from 2013 to 2014.
The problem with Ferrari is not political, it is technical, they are not using their development tools(cfd, test rigs, engine dynos, etc) properly and as mentioned earlier they are not working well as a team to bring the best compromised solutions for the car.