Ferrari's surge in power has left their F1 rivals struggling for about a second on the Scuderia engine upgrade.
Equivalent to two years of development.
After qualifying for the German Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel got pole position on merced's Valtteri Bottas, Silver Arrow boss Toto Wolff revealed, the team calculated that they lost half a second in their race to Ferrari on the Hockenheim straight.
"If we want to keep the championship going, we are seriously warned today," Wolf said . ".
"They have a great power unit.
We look good in every corner but we can't match their straight line
Line performance.
Wolff added: "We need to figure out how to improve our power output. "It is a worry.
If others can do this, we should be able to do it.
"From an Italian point of view, in the F1 hybrid era, Ferrari, not Mercedes, currently has the strongest engine in F1 --
This upgrade gave Scuderia the impetus to rank it among the best in the tournament and pushed the clients of Sauber and Haas.
"A lot of catching things is happening.
Ferrari found something awesome, "2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg told Sky F1 in a report of the German Grand Prix qualifying.
The unique twin of Ferrari
The Monaco Grand Prix investigated the battery system around the weekend and was then approved by the FIA, the sport's governing body.
But it was Ferrari's scale and speed since Monte Carlo, and it was wrong to finally win the first victory in Silverstone in a decade --
Their opponents.
"People told me that this is equivalent to two years of development of the power plant and they found something magical," Sky F1 expert Martin Brendel revealed . ".
"Now I 've heard that it's not actually part of a battery or electrical system at all, and that's something else they found.
"Other teams don't know what's going on with this, so they can't copy it, but all the power units in Ferrari seem to be running very well.
Ferrari stole the power they provided on the track somewhere.
"The third lap of one second per lap is worth it, and in the f1 race, this lap runs a long way.
"Before qualifying, Wolf also admitted that the world champion was shocked by the soaring Ferrari.
"They took a step after Monaco," Wolf said . ".
"Starting from Canada, there has been a huge increase in the strength of qualifying and the start of the competition.
That's their credit because it changed the rules of the game.
"We would do the same if we knew.
Our brains are spinning to understand.
"The biggest motivation we see is the acceleration of the curve.
It's not at the end of the straight path, especially in the middle. speed corners.
They did a good job in this area.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner added: "They did a good job.
Their engine is now the benchmark.