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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cyberlasi" data-source="post: 31622347" data-attributes="member: 270057">Will Max Verstappen make it to the podium?<hr /><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>Area</th><th>Strong reference</th></tr><tr><td>Complete Power Unit</td><td>Mercedes</td></tr><tr><td>Pure ICE performance</td><td>Red Bull-Ford is particularly strong</td></tr><tr><td>Recent PU improvement</td><td>Ferrari</td></tr><tr><td>Electrical/energy management</td><td>Mercedes appears strongest overall</td></tr><tr><td>Reliability concern</td><td>Honda / Aston Martin</td></tr><tr><td>Biggest latest aero package</td><td>Audi / McLaren</td></tr><tr><td>Red Bull latest focus</td><td>Floor + sidepods</td></tr><tr><td>Ferrari PU development</td><td>New Monza-spec upgrade</td></tr></table>------ Post added on [DATETIME="UT"]1790426154[/DATETIME]<hr /><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>Power Unit</th><th>Estimated peak combined* </th><th>ICE position</th><th>ERS / deployment</th><th>Reliability picture</th><th>2026 teams</th></tr><tr><td>Mercedes</td><td>~970–1,000+ hp </td><td>2–4% behind benchmark</td><td>Excellent; probably strongest complete hybrid package</td><td>Some notable issues, but generally competitive</td><td>Mercedes, McLaren, Williams, Alpine</td></tr><tr><td>Red Bull-Ford</td><td>~960–1,000+ hp </td><td>FIA ICE benchmark</td><td>Strong, but total hybrid package not clearly as strong as Mercedes</td><td>Very impressive for first season</td><td>Red Bull, Racing Bulls</td></tr><tr><td>Ferrari</td><td>~940–980+ hp </td><td>>4% behind benchmark in FIA review</td><td>Competitive; improved through upgrades</td><td>Generally respectable</td><td>Ferrari, Haas, Cadillac</td></tr><tr><td>Audi</td><td>~930–970+ hp </td><td>>4% behind benchmark</td><td>Developing rapidly</td><td>Mixed first-year reliability</td><td>Audi</td></tr><tr><td>Honda</td><td>~920–970+ hp </td><td>>4% behind benchmark in FIA review</td><td>Still developing; revised PU arrived later</td><td>Biggest concern of the five</td><td>Aston Martin</td></tr></table>------ Post added on [DATETIME="UT"]1790426220[/DATETIME]<hr /> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>Feature</th><th>Mercedes</th><th>Ferrari</th><th>Red Bull-Ford</th><th>Honda</th><th>Audi</th></tr><tr><td>1.6L V6</td><td><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="✅" title="Check mark button    :white_check_mark:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2705.png" data-shortname=":white_check_mark:" /></td><td><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="✅" title="Check mark button    :white_check_mark:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2705.png" data-shortname=":white_check_mark:" /></td><td><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="✅" title="Check mark button    :white_check_mark:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2705.png" data-shortname=":white_check_mark:" /></td><td><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="✅" title="Check mark button    :white_check_mark:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2705.png" data-shortname=":white_check_mark:" /></td><td><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="✅" title="Check mark button    :white_check_mark:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2705.png" data-shortname=":white_check_mark:" /></td></tr><tr><td>Max regulated MGU-K</td><td>350 kW</td><td>350 kW</td><td>350 kW</td><td>350 kW</td><td>350 kW</td></tr><tr><td>FIA ICE category</td><td>-2–4%</td><td>>-4%</td><td>Benchmark</td><td>>-4%*</td><td>>-4%</td></tr><tr><td>ICE strength</td><td>Excellent</td><td>Good</td><td>Exceptional</td><td>Developing</td><td>Developing</td></tr><tr><td>ERS/deployment</td><td>Excellent</td><td>Strong</td><td>Strong</td><td>Developing</td><td>Developing</td></tr><tr><td>Complete PU performance</td><td>Very strong</td><td>Strong</td><td>Very strong</td><td>Currently weaker</td><td>Improving</td></tr><tr><td>Customer data available</td><td>Huge</td><td>High</td><td>Medium</td><td>Low</td><td>Low</td></tr><tr><td>Teams supplied</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Development maturity</td><td>Very high</td><td>Very high</td><td>New but impressive</td><td>New specification</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Main current advantage</td><td>Hybrid efficiency</td><td>Balanced package</td><td>ICE output</td><td>Works integration</td><td>Development potential</td></tr></table>------ Post added on [DATETIME="UT"]1790426836[/DATETIME]</blockquote>

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