The battle for a 1000 horse power engine
F1 News
Renault has claimed that they are close to breaking the 1000hp barrier with their engine. An engineer from the team even said that with the upgrades developed they have managed to create the most powerful engine on the grid. However, Horse Power is not everything and Renault will be hoping to develop their reliability to match the power of their engine.
Renault's claims have been met with a response from Mercedes which says that their World Championship leading engine has not broken the 1000hp barrier.
Renault’s engine boss Remi Taffin was quoted by GrandPX.news saying that the engine is incredibly powerful.
“There are only certain performance peaks in qualifying,” he said. “We cannot always get that performance. In the race, we have over 950hp, and at times 960 or 970.
“It depends on many factors, including the circuit and the temperatures.”
A Mercedes spokesperson responded by saying, “we would not talk about 1000hp. Maybe Renault calculates it differently to us. What matters to us is the lap time, anyway.”
Honda are also not worried about the amount of Horse Power and said, “we are reliable. Renault may be 1000hp, but we still lap their cars in the race.”
It seems that power is not everything and that Renault still have a long way to go if they are to develop the best engine.