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[Denthúl]

A number of teams did. But it would have to be a completely new ECU because of the new regulations. The McLaren ECU won't be the one that they used last year, but they will have had the opportunity to test it whilst it was still in development, whilst others only got it once it was completed.

how can this ECU be the one that McLaren used last year? when this one has no traction control nor engine braking?
Its a new ECU for everyone.

Magnetti Marelli units awww not fair they would favour Ferrari

It could be done. When traction control and active suspension were banned the first time around, teams simply disabled certain parts of their coding in the control units. The point is, I'm saying it won't have been McLaren's ECU for last year. But, as it was designed by part of their own group, the McLaren understanding of the unit will be much greater than the other teams' so they will be able to integrate it into their car perfectly without little trouble.

[Jensonb]

A number of teams did. But it would have to be a completely new ECU because of the new regulations. The McLaren ECU won't be the one that they used last year, but they will have had the opportunity to test it whilst it was still in development, whilst others only got it once it was completed.

how can this ECU be the one that McLaren used last year? when this one has no traction control nor engine braking?
Its a new ECU for everyone.

Magnetti Marelli units awww not fair they would favour Ferrari

It could be done. When traction control and active suspension were banned the first time around, teams simply disabled certain parts of their coding in the control units. The point is, I'm saying it won't have been McLaren's ECU for last year. But, as it was designed by part of their own group, the McLaren understanding of the unit will be much greater than the other teams' so they will be able to integrate it into their car perfectly without little trouble.

Exactly

[bud]

will be much greater than the other teams' so they will be able to integrate it into their car perfectly without little trouble.

same wording can be said for the advantage Ferrari had with Bridgestones last year.

[8-ball]

will be much greater than the other teams' so they will be able to integrate it into their car perfectly without little trouble.

same wording can be said for the advantage Ferrari had with Bridgestones last year.

Bridgestone are an independent company and other teams had bridgestones as well. So i can't see your point

[Mikep99]

Looks like it was not the ECU

Mar.20 (GMM) Engine design had nothing to do with the failure of both Ferrari power plants in the recent Australian grand prix.

That is the revelation of former driver and team advisor Michael Schumacher, following an urgent analysis of the broken units at the Italian outfit's Maranello headquarters.

Ferrari did not encounter engine problems in 10,000 km of pre-season testing, which counters speculation that the McLaren ECU can be blamed

In an interview with Auto Motor und Sport, Schumacher did not reveal the actual cause of the Albert Park failures, but he insists that they had "nothing to do with the engines themselves".

"I don't want to go into any more detail," he added.

Rumours on Thursday at the scene of the Malaysian grand prix indicate that the problems were of an aerodynamic nature, triggered by the intense heat of the Melbourne circuit.

[bud]

will be much greater than the other teams' so they will be able to integrate it into their car perfectly without little trouble.

same wording can be said for the advantage Ferrari had with Bridgestones last year.

Bridgestone are an independent company and other teams had bridgestones as well. So i can't see your point

Yeah other teams had the same relationship with Bridgestone, i see your point