Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has rubbished rumours that the Italians power unit is 30hp more powerful this season, with the Frenchman labelling such speculation as a 'joke'. Whilst engine performance upgrades are currently banned under the current engine freeze, reliability improvements are allowed “for the sole purposes of reliability, safety, cost saving”. The Maranello-based team's power unit reliability was abysmal last season, with Charles Leclerc's engine having gone bang whilst leading at Barcelona and Baku. Carlos Sainz's also gave way in extraordinary fashion whilst battling Max Verstappen at the...
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