Ferrari forced to change Vettel's engine after Malaysia issue
Ferrari has confirmed it has changed the engine on Sebastian Vettel's Formula 1 car 🍎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 overa▨ll 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 bac🗹k 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 Int꧂ernational Circuit.
Fꦇerrari has confirmed it⛎ has changed the engine on Sebastian Vettel's Formula 1 car 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 hi🌌s 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 ahe🌊ad of qualifying at the Sepang International Circuit.
Precautional engine changꩲe on 's car, no penalty
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari)
No penalty will be given to Vettel as he has switched to his fourth power unit of the season, although it h♔ad been scheduled to be introduced at a later date, meaning𒐪 it will require a longer life than planned in order to avoid any grid penalties.
