Ferrari in Brazil: New 2020 engine for Charles Leclerc?

This season Formula 1 she is determined as she is Mercedes Benz prematurely for the sixth time in a row provided so racing as well as constructor's title of champion. Even for Mercedes, the matter is clear, it means it will be Ferrari won second placeand the third will be Red Bull. The only one ambiguity there is still in the racers where it is not yet clear who will be next Hamilton in Bottas as the third racer participated FIA Gala events at the end of the season. He is third at the moment Charles Leclerc (249 points), fourth Max Verstappen (235) and fifth Sebastian Vettel (230). So it’s about fighting over who will win golden pineapple.

Charles Leclerc is nearing the end with his engines this season, so there is an idea to install a new engine for the 2020 season in his car in Brazil - Photo: Hasan Bratić

And what it is starting point? He had to because of the oil leak Charles Leclerc on the race v Austin place your car at the edge of the track. Young Monachan he not only lost his third free practice, but he had to qualifications in Sunday race to do with older engines other specifications. This engine is at at the end of his life and in Brazil it will no longer be able to serve as an urgent solution. One possibility is that you could Leclerc in Brazil got repaired engine from Texas, but at Ferrari they still don’t know if this engine is failing too overheated.

For Ferrari, using the new engine in 2020 would be an ideal opportunity for the first test under real conditions.

Based on this, this one was created idea: If they have to get in the car Leclerc to install a new engine, which of course is related to punishable by a mark-up of ten places, why would we install the last one again specification 3, if the technicians could take advantage uniquely attachedst to test certain matters in view season 2020? Let's call this engine specification 4. According to Italian colleagues from motorsport. com, was supposed to be running at the time intense debate w/ Wolf Zimmermann from the engine compartment and Mattio Binottom, team leader.

The boss of Ferrari, Mattia Binotto, is facing a difficult decision. Will he risk using a repaired engine from Texas, or will they install a new engine for Leclerc and accept the penalty of adding ten places in Brazil - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Interlagos requires a high proportion full throttle (about 70 percent of the entire track), altitude about 800 meters, he puts the aggregates under major test, not as extreme as Mexico, but it's a good test nonetheless. In Interlagos it is possible make up for a lot of places, they also proved this Daniel Ricciardo, which is years 2018 he started the race as the eleventh and crossed the finish line as the fourth, and he showed this even more clearly Lewis Hamilton in 2017, who started the race from the pits and finished it also at fourth place.      

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