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Ferrari gets to bottom of Vettel's fault as new parts fitted
Ferrari has decided to fit new engine parts to Sebastian Vettel’s car in a bid to boost his available pool of components, after finally getting to the bottom of his qualifying failure. Vettel is starting at the back of the grid for the Malaysian Grand Prix after he was hit by an engine problem during Q1. Overnight analysis of the powerunit on Vettel’s car has pinpointed the problem to a broken manifold that fed air from the compressor to the internal combustion unit. The issue caught Ferrari by surprise as the powerunit had run without problem on the dyno in Maranello prior to being shipped to Malaysia, and the first indication of an issue only came up during Q1. With Vettel starting at...
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