• AliSaket@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    It probably wasn’t that powertrain in the car for FP1. Usually the new engine makes in the car by FP3 or even quali. Even on normal weekends without a new engine, and especially later in the season, teams would run an “FP1 engine” on Friday to minimize mileage on a different engine for the more demanding circuits.

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      2 months ago

      On F1TV they reported it was the new PU fitted but it could be wrong. I was very surprised to hear it, usually the wait till Saturday

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        2 months ago

        I remember they mentioned kimi had the new Floor fitted on the car. I don’t remember them mentioning the PU

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          2 months ago

          They did say that, and they corrected themselves after or at the end of FP1. Old floor and they were looking for deltas between lewis and kimi