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Author Topic: Alonso:another engine failure  (Read 3226 times)

Online Dare

Alonso:another engine failure
« on: April 30, 2017, 05:42:20 PM »
If Alonso is at Mclaren it will be the biggest surprise
in F1 history.Funny how Whitmarsh was sacked and
his results weren't a fraction as bad as  Bouiller.

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10858427/fernando-alonso-and-mclaren-hit-new-low-after-honda-engine-breaks-on-russian-gp-formation-lap


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Offline Scott

Re: Alonso:another engine failure
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2017, 09:57:44 PM »
Thought it was ERS or something electric...
The Honey Badger doesn't give a...

Offline lkjohnson1950

Re: Alonso:another engine failure
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2017, 12:04:04 AM »
It was hard to hear the radio, but it sounded like he said the battery wasn't charged. Either the battery was bad or the ERS wasn't charging it.
Lonny

Online Dare

Re: Alonso:another engine failure
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2017, 12:38:37 AM »
Scott I was late as usual and when I heard Alonso was a
DNS I assumed with Honda's reputation it was the engine.
Mark Twain once opined, "it's easier to con someone than to convince them they've been conned."

Offline Jericoke

Re: Alonso:another engine failure
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2017, 04:27:15 AM »
Scott I was late as usual and when I heard Alonso was a
DNS I assumed with Honda's reputation it was the engine.

Isn't Honda responsible for the entire 'power unit'?  If ERS isn't working, doesn't that come under Honda's efforts?

Offline Scott

Re: Alonso:another engine failure
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2017, 05:49:09 AM »
I thought Mclaren were electrical wizards with them making the engine management chips and all the rest, but you might be right, it could be Honda's baby.  I wonder how Sauber is going to deal with Honda next year.
The Honey Badger doesn't give a...

Offline Alianora La Canta

Re: Alonso:another engine failure
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2017, 08:58:52 PM »
Scott I was late as usual and when I heard Alonso was a
DNS I assumed with Honda's reputation it was the engine.

Under F1 regulations, the ERS is classed as a type of engine component (albeit a different type to the ICE that Stoffel's somehow used 5 of already).
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Offline cosworth151

Re: Alonso:another engine failure
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2017, 12:24:38 PM »
McLaren makes the Electronic Control Units (ECU) used by all the teams. The FIA claims that mandating a standard ECU prevents teams from hiding launch control software in the system. The energy harvesting/storage systems are provided by the engine builders.

Honda says that Alonso's MGU-H wasn't working. They attempted to reboot it & accidentally shut down the entire engine.

MGU-H stands for Motor Generator Unit-Heat. It harvests heat from the turbo & exhaust and converts it to electrical energy. It is then stored in the Electrical Store (ES, what normal folks would call a battery pack). The ES also store power harvested by the MGU-K. It is driven by the wheels. That part of the system used to be called KERS. The stored electrical power can them be used for the hybrid power electric motors.

http://www.racer.com/f1/item/140104-honda-explains-alonso-s-russia-dns
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