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New Ferrari V6 turbo power unit too heavy and lacking top speed
New Ferrari V6 turbo power unit too heavy and lacking top speed 19 March, 2014 One of Ferrari's immediate problems is that its all-new 2014 Formula 1 V6 turbo engine is too heavy, according to Auto Motor und Sport, who said customers Sauber and Marussia are also struggling with a power unit that are overweight by at least 13 kilograms, which is also slow in a straight line.
Correspondent Michael Schmidt reports that the overweight Ferrari caught even the Maranello based team by surprise, having successfully argued against a further increase in the minimum car-plus-driver weight of 691 kilos for 2014.
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