HHF to replace Massa at Indy?

[nichosnz 0]

Could it be that Ferrari's engine is even better than BMW, and that Ferrari 'tone down' the Engine in the interests of reliability, since they have so much of an advantage in other areas.

I have seen articles in Autosport and others claiming Ferrari have the most powerful Engine in Qualifing, and that BMW do in the race. This could back up my point.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

BMWs new qualifying engine though has exceeded the 19000rpm mark, which I think even Ferrari is going to have trouble matching for now.

[nichosnz 0]

They have more rev's yes, but that doesn't necessaraly mean more power (it probably does but not necessaraly), they also have more engine problems.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

It doesn't mean significant power increase necessarily but it means the engine can pull out those extra few km/h over the others on speed tracks like Monza, and can also help slightly in acceleration. Though its not as big of a factor in F1 as in say rally, I think the BMW went for a few more revs and got rid of some torque, which wont help them come a track like Monaco and Hungary, but thats two tracks out of 17.