Montoya (Bahrain): Engine problem or not?

[Speed]

Any info on this?

Thanks.

[Dutton]

This has come up in other threads. A forum search should highlight such occurances.

Anway, it appears that his engine was indeed having problems.

[Splatz the Cow]

Perhaps they just turned the revs down to protect it, securing points in Bahrain, and preserving it for Malaysia.

[mp356a]

Originally Posted by Splatz the Cow

Perhaps they just turned the revs down to protect it, securing points in Bahrain, and preserving it for Malaysia.

Egads! I forgot about that idiotic engine rule! Are they still doing that two race per engine thing? Tragic.

[RMR]

Mclaren did indeed turn down the revs. They were concerned about the engine expiring without claiming any points from JPM. They will see how practice goes (malaysia) and if the problem is still about change the engine.

JPM was apparently fuming at not being allowed full power. Understandable I guess.

[Marbot]

Why some engines might go 'pop'.http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=112098

P.S. This obviously does not apply to V10s.

[Rennen]

Originally Posted by mp356a

Egads! I forgot about that idiotic engine rule! Are they still doing that two race per engine thing? Tragic.

Remember they were designed with that rule in mind, so they should be good for it...that is what F1 is partly about, design technology!

[N I Tram]

For once I agree with Rennen - the rules ae there to challenge the teams into making better cars. Long-life technology is more likely to trickle into road cars than high-speed technology. Also, I hope some of those who criticised Montoya's performance will have the guts to apologise.

[Speed]

Listen to this:

"Mclaren despues de carrera Kimi & Montoya - Bahrein"
http://f1-mp3.blogspot.com/

Comes directly from Montoya´s mouth...

PS: Spanish.

[krt917]

Originally Posted by N I Tram

I hope some of those who criticised Montoya's performance will have the guts to apologise.

In a roundabout way I did criticise Monotya's performance in another thread, in relation to Kimi's race, so I will apologise. If there was an engine issue, which there appears to have been, then clearly we didn't see a representative performance from JPM in Bahrain. I'm expecting KR to come out on top at McLaren this year, but I was surprised that he was overhauled so comfortably by Kimi at the weekend - this explains it.

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by Speed

Listen to this:

"Mclaren despues de carrera Kimi & Montoya - Bahrein"
http://f1-mp3.blogspot.com/

Comes directly from Montoya´s mouth...

PS: Spanish.

Any chance of interpreting what was said for us non- Spanish speakers please.

[simonfa]

Originally Posted by Mr V

Any chance of interpreting what was said for us non- Spanish speakers please.

i dont speak spanish myself but i got this from www.formulajuan.net where it was posted !

When did you realise about the problems?

JPM:The problems started with the engine on Friday, since then I had not many options for the race, that is the engine we got for the next race so the hopes are not very high.


Nevertheless you had a good start?

JPM:Yes but with the engine problems there was not much I could do.


After the first pit stop you were doing well, so we had some hopes.


JPM:Yes, that was because I was using high revs for the last 4 laps before the pit stop, but 95% of the race time the engine was not using the high revs setup, so not much to do.

Looking to the telemetry, any indications about the problem?

No, they (Mclaren engineers) do not find the problem and that is what we have (for next race)

Regarding the tyres, the team (Mclaren) says that the soft compound you used could’ve been not the best option, did you have any problems?

The tyres worked very well, a little bit of grainy, it could cost us some time from the 5- to the 10 laps, same for the other 2 sets of tyres, but theoretically speaking soft tyres are better for this problem. The car behaved pretty well regarding tyres.

[Marbot]

Sounds more like an electrical problem than a mechanical problem.But what do i know.