Agree, the weight and power specifications are a step behind the W1. My guess is the marketing team at Ferrari took over and they are pushing for the V6 hybrid drivetrain, so they can say it is powered by F1 and Le Mans winning tech. This will work well, only if the car offers class leading power, performance and handling ability. We shall wait and see in a few days time.
Looking at the engine from the 499P, it will most likely be a hot V twin turbo V6.I've been going through some old F250 rumors, and apparently this should have electric turbocharging.
If true, it would explain the F1-half of their advertised motorsport technology transfer on this car (the other part being WEC).
But what I'm wondering now is... do you think Ferrari would do twin turbo MGU-H in the hot-vee of this V6? I might be totally wrong here, but wouldn't it make more sense to have one large turbo split by one large electric motor instead of having two of each?
Since turbo lag (or packaging) is not an issue, what would even be a point of two small turbos? We know the 911 GTS T-Hybrid works just fine with a single electric turbo. And if my memory serves me right, nobody has ever used twin turbo MGU-H anywhere. Not in motorsport, nor in street cars.
The whole thing could look a little bit like this Audi R18 TDI motor (+ actual MGU-H)...
...instead of this standard 296 GTB setup:
Exciting times - reveal any time between now and the twenty-firth
Rumors said it will be on the 17th at 2PM.
I would agree if it was plain old turbos. But that's not what we're talking about. You think a twin MGU-H, an unprecedented technological solution, is the "most likely" scenario here? I'm not saying it's out of the question, but I'd be very surprised if they did that.
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