2019 is the sixth year of the V6 and
ERS Power Unit regulations and
each year it has got tougher and
tougher to find gains.
There are diminishing returns
on each of the areas that we work on,
we study the technical regulations,
we look to see if there are any 
changes there,
but then it is onto the fine detail
of the technology we
have been working on.
Often the barriers that we
have come up against,
they are in our head and the
team of people here are 
very creative,
very ambitious and 
they push those
barriers down, they 
think forward
and they come up with new
technology and make good progress.
This project compared with 
the previous
five Power Units is 
based on the same
core principal of the Power Unit that
we created for 2014,
but it’s another aggressive development
step compared to the previous years
based on new ideas, new thinking,
creative ideas and just pushing
the boundaries each time.
PETRONAS create the fuel for the
Power Unit and fuel is at the
heart of the engine.
It’s right at the centre of the 
combustion in the engine.
So, without a great fuel,
you don’t have great power.
PETRONAS technicians work in close
collaboration with the engineers here.
It’s a very tight-knit group,
working in a very open way.
Knowing the data on both sides,
so the PETRONAS engineers know
exactly how the engine works and
the engine engineers know exactly
how the fuel works.
Coupled with that is the lubricant.
Without a good lubricant,
you have the risk of high wear on
components and with high wear
comes low reliability.
And also, if you can get low wear,
often you have got low friction
which adds to the power out the
back of the crankshaft, so 
it is a double win.
We expect the competitive picture
to be very, very close and very,
very tight this year.
Last year, we could see
everything close up.
We could see a very strong
fight from Ferrari,
we could see Honda get better and
better and Renault right in the
mix as well winning races.
This year it is going to be
very, very tight.
I am sure it will be tight
at the first race,
I am sure it will be tight
at the last race and it’s a battle
all the way through with
our first update,
every single race we will
try and improve the calibration.
Every single Power Unit we will
try and improve the performance,
the reliability and we are all looking
forward to a really good fight.
It’s the sixth year of racing with
the V6 and ERS Power Unit 
in Formula One
and that technology is being cascaded
into the road car world.
Combustion technology,
lightweight technology, 
friction benefits
and knowledge on how to 
integrate many,
many electrical boxes into 
one small box.
We have also got the Formula E
programme in development.
So, for season six, 
the Powertrain
will come from here.
We are taking the electrical
hybrid knowledge that has been
developed from the last 10 years.
KERS development and racing was
done from Brixworth, then ERS.
All the learning from that,
all being fed into the 
Formula E programme.
Great knowledge going into that on
how to use batteries,
on how to create a very efficient
inverter, an efficient motor and
the software to master it all as well,
so it is delivered beautifully on track.
So, it’s a very exciting project and
there’s learning from that fed into
Formula One, but also cascaded
into the road car world.
