Ferrari has filed a patent for an engine with pill-shaped pistons, a radical departure from traditional circular piston ...

Instead of each piston having its own connecting rod which bolts directly to the crankshaft, independently of the other pistons, the rods in this new engine are joined. The bearing cap on one rod ...

Unlike Honda’s oval pistons, which were positioned longitudinally—with their long side parallel to the crankshaft and used two connecting rods per piston—Ferrari has flipped this orientation ...