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F1: The engine of Ferrari (NYSE: RACE) is now the "Benchmark".

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The Ferrari F1 engine (NYSE: RACE) 2018 is now the best on the grid.

MercedesAMG standard for hybrid V6 engine builders of F1 since Y 2014, but team driver Lewis Hamilton suggested earlier this season that Ferrari had eliminated the deficit with its updates. winter day.

Ferrari presented its first season update for the June Grand Prix of Canada, while MercedesAMG delayed its upgrade to the GP of France after discovering problems of reliability in the workshops.

Hamilton and Ferrari Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen qualified 1 / 10th of a second at Silverstone last weekend, while Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing was 7.10th overall. delay on what Christian Horner feels. is one of the most calendar-responsive engine circuits under current aerodynamic regulations, which turned tough turns such as Copse into flat explosions

But Mr. Horner said that the improved pace of Ferrari customer teams Haas and Sauber, who best qualified midfield runners at Silverstone, suggested Ferrari now outpaced MercedesAMG in the motor stakes race.

"said Mr. Horner, when asked when he thought the engine Ferrari was now the best in F1.

"You can see with Haas and Sauber both gains."

After struggling against Raikkonen's Ferrari during the Silverstone race, Mr. Verstappen described the power deficit of the Renault engine as "tragic" and "like driving in a different series".

He thinks Renault is about 70-80 hp on Ferrari and MercedesAMG, which equates to about 1 second per lap of Silverstone.

Red Bull will switch to Honda engines for Y 2019, but the pilot of Toro Rosso, Pierre Gasly The Japanese manufacturer is also a little behind the Top builders

Asked about the eventuality of a deficit for another of its competitors, Mr. Horner said that Honda's plan for future development would be key. 19659002] "You can see the situation between the engines is very similar at the moment, and everything revolves around potential development," Horner said.

It will depend on what Honda (NYSE: HON) has in the pipeline …

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