00:00 (air whooshing)
00:02 - In terms of challenges,
00:15 the 2024 for the Power Unit Engineers are mainly two.
00:20 The very first one is obviously the season
00:24 that is about to start.
00:26 And these promise to be the most challenging
00:29 and longest as ever.
00:32 At the end, these will require for sure
00:35 the maximum level of attention,
00:37 the maximum focus on what we are preparing,
00:41 what we are managing,
00:42 and how the Power Unit will be deployed at the track.
00:46 The dyno bench hours will be further reduced by regulation,
00:51 and the timing of the season
00:53 is certainly not giving us a huge time for the reaction
00:57 in case of any issues or open point.
00:59 On the second point,
01:03 there is also another important challenge
01:06 that we are embracing in 2024.
01:08 That is the new preparation for the 2026 new Power Unit,
01:12 which is certainly entering
01:14 in its most important stage of development.
01:18 So it will be also important on that respect
01:21 to keep an increasing focus
01:24 in order to be sure that all the plan
01:26 and the planning are going as per expectations.
01:30 As usual over the winter,
01:37 and actually even before the winter,
01:40 the very first focus that we put
01:43 into the new season preparation
01:44 is about the open points from the previous season.
01:48 So actually we started actually since mid of last year
01:53 to work on every open point that we faced in 2023
01:58 in order to be ready for the new incoming season
02:03 in terms of reliability, open points or issues,
02:07 in terms of preparation,
02:09 in terms of optimization of our usage of the Power Unit.
02:13 Secondly, last season showed us like never before
02:17 the importance of details
02:19 in the management of our product.
02:21 So the second point of attention for us
02:24 in preparation of the next season
02:26 was really to review all the process
02:28 related to the Power Unit,
02:30 starting from design that is anyway frozen
02:33 in terms of performance,
02:35 but also going into the preparation,
02:37 sign off, assembly procedures,
02:40 till obviously the management on the product
02:42 in a track environment.
02:43 And this is the second important topic
02:47 on which we focused our attention in preparation of 2024.
02:52 (silence)
02:54 As a Power Unit group,
03:04 obviously the very first and the main target
03:08 is to deploy the maximum level of performance
03:12 of the Power Unit in each and every conditions
03:16 in which it will be used at the track.
03:18 So in order to maximize the potential of the project,
03:21 and this is really what we are aiming for.
03:24 Obviously with the same number of Power Unit
03:26 and increasing the number of races,
03:29 this is becoming more and more challenging.
03:32 And the effort that we have to deploy on that
03:36 is always very, very high
03:38 and higher and higher each season.
03:41 We do not often realize how extreme are these Power Units
03:46 and how important are the components of the Power Unit
03:51 in their usage, in their preparation,
03:55 and in their execution.
03:57 And it's not only a matter of the Power Unit engineers,
04:01 it's really a teamwork
04:03 which all the different department
04:05 that are contributing with their efforts and their work
04:08 in order to be prepared for the season.
04:11 So quality, supply chain, planning department,
04:14 everyone together with us is really working
04:17 for being prepared and for managing the usage
04:22 of the Power Unit at the track
04:24 in order just to maximize the potential of it.
04:26 The level of complexity of the Power Units today
04:36 is so high that for sure it's impossible
04:39 to say that we can be alone
04:42 in doing every part of the job.
04:44 And we can really count on valuable external collaboration,
04:49 suppliers and partners
04:52 in order to help us in doing the job.
04:55 And actually we are working with them,
04:58 with the most of them since a while.
05:00 Actually with some of them
05:02 since the introduction of the new regulation in 2014.
05:05 Some other join the team later on.
05:09 But it's true that we are all working
05:12 for being able to deploy the Power Unit performance
05:16 as per expectations.
05:17 And it's not only a matter of design,
05:20 it's a matter of the complete life cycle of the Power Unit.
05:24 For example, being able through data analysis,
05:28 through physical analysis,
05:30 to be in control of what the Power Unit is doing.
05:34 And sometimes also maybe with the fluid analysis,
05:37 for example with our partner Shell,
05:40 to be able to understand the level of health of the engine
05:44 through the sessions and through the whole season.
05:46 (silence)
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