Ferrari has confirmed it has changed the engine on Sebastian Vettel's Formula 1 ca𒐪r following an issue during final practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday, edging the German closer to a grid penalty.

Vettel finished FP3 second overall behind teammate Kimi Raikkonen, but had to end his session early after an issue🌄 emerged while out on-track, forcing him to slow and nurse the car back to the pits.

Ferrari confirmed after the session it would be completing a "precautional change" of Vettel's engine ahead of qualifying at the Sepang International Ci༒rcuit.

Precautional engine change on 's car, no p🐲enalty

— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari)

No penalty will be given to Vettel as he has swit✨ched to his fourth power unit of the season, although it had been scheduled to be introduced at a later date, meaning it will require a longer life than planned in order to avoid any grid penalties.