Japanese Grand Prix – Ferrari have confirmed that the FIA have installed an additional sensor within their battery, but have refuted any power loss correlation. Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene has denied that an additional sensor – placed by the FIA – is linked to their drop in performance versus Mercedes. For part of the mid-season, it was widely accepted that Ferrari had the best power unit on the grid, which resulted in the team showing front-running pace at events like Hockenheim and Monza. However, they lost out to Mercedes at the Singapore and Russian Grands Prix, tracks at which they were expected to perform well. This prompted debates as to whether...
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