Gunther Steiner, the head of the Haas team, has cheekily referred to Ferrari's 2023 Formula 1 power unit as "the bomb," suggesting that Ferrari has made significant advancements with it.
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This year’s Ferrari 2022 engine was a significant improvement, and outgoing team leader Mattia Binotto claimed that the Maranello team had improved more than any other team he had ever observed from season to season. Over the summer, he remarked, “On the power unit, we set enormous figures in terms of objectives. And in more than 25 years at Maranello, I’ve never seen what I’ve seen that we were capable of developing during the season for 2022 on the power unit. With F1’s engine freeze locking under development, the Italian manufacturer pushed hard for performance, although it did experience some reliability issues. Binotto later admitted towards the end of the year that the team had to reduce its power in the second half of the season to avoid running into difficulty again.
Ferrari, however, was able to increase its level of aggression for the season finale in Abu Dhabi after figuring out the root of its earlier problems, as reported by Motorsport.com. The team is now ready to get the most out of its engine in 2023, which might help Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc’s chances of winning the championship as well as the performance of its client teams.
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At the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy Awards ceremony last weekend in Faenza, where driver Kevin Magnussen accepted the honor, Steiner gave hints about optimism within Ferrari. The engine for the upcoming season will be the bomb, Mattia Binotto told me when we met on Thursday, he said. “Ferrari has a lot of support in Emilia Romagna. Additionally, if the engine is competitive, it will be good for us as well. While Kevin Magnussen’s unexpected pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix gave Haas some positive momentum in 2022, Steiner said the team’s goals had not yet been achieved.
“With the pandemic, we’ve had two challenging years, he remarked. “The recently concluded championship went well, but it could have gone even better. We view it as a year of growth since Magnussen handed us a pole position that wasn’t anticipated, and we intend to continue growing in 2023. The goal is to make another step ahead in the rankings, to always battle for points and one day get on the podium”.
