Ferrari arreglará motores

[Accord]

No es nada oficial, pero me lo encontré por ahí. Dicen que el aire requerido para activar el tren neumático de válvulas está escapando muy rápidamente. O sea, mas de una válvula se ha llevado un pistonazo....

Ferrari may ask the FIA for permission to make changes to its Formula One engine on the grounds of reliability.

Germany's Auto Motor und Sport magazine on Thursday said the Italian team's recent engine problems - including two failures for Fernando Alonso - have been identified.

Reportedly, the problem - which could cost Alonso grid places later this season if he runs through his allocation of eight engines - is with the pneumatic valves.

The report said too much air is escaping from the engine during the races, and because of the new regulations there is not enough time during the single pit stop to replenish the 2.4 liter V8s.

Auto Motor und Sport said that if Ferrari can prove to the FIA that the engine is suffering a general reliability flaw, it may be granted a temporary exemption from the "freeze" on engine development.

The engines already used by Alonso and his teammate Felipe Massa, however, may not be altered.

http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/ ... ermission/

[Hess]

ojala y puedan arreglar esa vara... q cagada

[escholl]

a cambio de que?

[Accord]

No lo encontré en ejpanol. Aprobado por la FIA y confirmado, a ver si llegan a octubre por lo menos esos motores :)

FIA approves Ferrari engine changes

By Jonathan Noble Tuesday, May 4th 2010, 22:13 GMT

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Malaysia 2010Ferrari has been given the green light by the FIA to make modifications to its engine on reliability grounds following the problems it has had in the early stages of the season.

Both Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa have suffered engine issues in the opening flyaway events - with Alonso suffering two blow-ups that has left him in particular on the back foot in terms of his supply for the season.

With customer team Sauber having also encountered its share of engine issues, Ferrari conducted a detailed investigation into the matter after the Chinese Grand Prix.

And after finding out that there was an intrinsic problem with the design of the engine, Ferrari applied to the governing body to be able to make some improvements to the power units on reliability grounds.

The Maranello outfit was duly given approval and the modifications will be ready in time to be fitted to the F10 cars at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.

Although Ferrari has not outlined exactly what the issues were with the engine, they are believed to relate to air consumption, which could have been caused by leaking pneumatic valves.

A statement by Ferrari said: "A lot of work was carried out on the test bench, completing several long runs and this work produced some solutions which it is felt will solve the reliability problems experienced in Bahrain and Malaysia. The team therefore requested and received authorisation from the FIA to make some changes within the framework of the current engine regulations and these modifications will be fitted to the engines to be used in Spain.

"While since China, everyone in the Gestione Sportiva has been working hard as always on their various areas of activity, it is fair to say that over the past weeks, the staff in the engine department really produced a major effort, working night and day to analyse, evaluate and solve issues that have affected engine performance in past races."

The Spanish GP will also see Ferrari fit the full version of the F-Duct to both drivers' cars for the first time in practice, although a decision about whether the concept will be used for qualifying and the race will only be made after the results of the Friday sessions are in.

[pmontero]

mirá vos, pocos días después de que salió la noticia de lo de las válvulas Alonso lo desmintió en una entrevista, diciendo que el problema no era ese que andaba circulando en las noticias... pero como que sí era!