Comments on: Should Ferrari Replace Kimi’s Engine? http://blogf1.co.uk/2007/04/03/should-ferrari-replace-kimis-engine/ Your Regular Blog and Guide to Formula One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:58:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alianora La Canta http://blogf1.co.uk/2007/04/03/should-ferrari-replace-kimis-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-5735 Alianora La Canta Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:38:45 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/2007/04/03/should-ferrari-replace-kimis-engine/#comment-5735 Personally, I would check the engine very, very carefully. If there was a reasonable chance of it finishing Sepang, I would have it run the whole GP, even if this necessitated a few tenths' worth of extra cooling. Kimi can get on the podium with a car slightly slower than usual, but if the engine type won't make a cool-hot race combo, it certainly won't make a hot-hot race combination. Getting the engine to work correctly in race conditions surely has to be Ferrari's top technical priority right now. If the data showed that Kimi's engine was very likely to blow during the Malaysian GP weekend, then I would change the engine at the end of Saturday practise at the latest. It simply isn't worth the risk that Kimi lose the unit in qualifying and be sent to the back of the grid (whereupon a P4 or P5 would be very likely) or explode in the race. Either way, Ferrari will need to check the data very, very carefully. The wrong decision either way could be costly. Personally, I would check the engine very, very carefully. If there was a reasonable chance of it finishing Sepang, I would have it run the whole GP, even if this necessitated a few tenths’ worth of extra cooling. Kimi can get on the podium with a car slightly slower than usual, but if the engine type won’t make a cool-hot race combo, it certainly won’t make a hot-hot race combination. Getting the engine to work correctly in race conditions surely has to be Ferrari’s top technical priority right now.

If the data showed that Kimi’s engine was very likely to blow during the Malaysian GP weekend, then I would change the engine at the end of Saturday practise at the latest. It simply isn’t worth the risk that Kimi lose the unit in qualifying and be sent to the back of the grid (whereupon a P4 or P5 would be very likely) or explode in the race.

Either way, Ferrari will need to check the data very, very carefully. The wrong decision either way could be costly.

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