from June 1<\/a>, which are aimed at clamping down on an area that Mercedes has exploited.<\/p>\nVasseur said: \u201cI’m not convinced that the new compression ratio rule will be a game changer, a huge game changer.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s more that you will have the ADUO at one stage, and that the addition of the ADUO will be an opportunity for us to close the gap.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ferrari v Mercedes strengths<\/p>\n
Any improvements to Ferrari’s power unit could be significant in helping it close down the deficit to Mercedes.<\/p>\n
Analysis of the performance of the Ferrari and Mercedes cars over the opening two grands prix of the season has highlighted some key characteristic differences between them.<\/p>\n
Ferrari has an advantage at the starts, and appears to hold an edge in corners \u2013 while Mercedes seems to be well clear when it comes to power and top speed.<\/p>\n
So if Ferrari can unlock some more power to lose out less on the straights, then that could be significant in helping it make better use of its other core strengths.<\/p>\n
As Vasseur explained after Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix: \u201cI would prefer to be a bit faster. We know that we have a deficit of performance mainly in the straightline that we have to work on.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Vasseur is well aware that Ferrari should not just pin hopes of progress on getting the green light to improve its engine \u2013 for gains need to come from elsewhere too.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t want to do the split [between chassis and power unit],\u201d he said. \u201cI want to push everywhere but we know that we have to improve on the ICE.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut this will be for after the ADUO – on energy, on chassis, on aero. We are pushing like hell on every single area to close the gap.\u201d<\/p>\n
ADUO timing<\/p>\n
In the current regulations, the first ADUO window opens up after six races, which would originally have been the Miami Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
However, the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix means that the first six races will now not be completed until the Monaco Grand Prix in June.<\/p>\n
The Race understands that the FIA wants to tweak the rules to keep things around the original timeline \u2013 although it is not known if this will mean laying down a specific date in the regulations or just tweaking the race number.<\/p>\n
Aston Martin chief trackside officer Mike Krack, whose Honda partner is desperate for upgrade opportunities to catch up, said the earlier modifications could be allowed, the happier his squad would be.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, it’s clear the earlier we can make improvements, the better it is,\u201d he said after the Chinese GP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur believes his team will be allowed to introduce an upgraded power unit this year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-540497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}