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Ferrari plays it safe with Raikkonen engine change

Ferrari has made a "precautionary" engine change on Kimi Raikkonen's SF71-H after the team was alerted by a puff of smoke emitted by the car in Friday's second free practice session. Raikkonen was conducting a qualifying simulation when an alarming telemetry reading prompted the team to tell the Finn to immediately switch off his engine, which he did, rolling slowly back into the pitlane. Vettel explains reasons behind Ferrari's halo wing mirrors "At one point we had some issues and I was told by the team to stop the car," said Raikkonen. "We still don’t know what happened, but we’ll figure it out. In the evening we’ll have some work to do. We’ll go through...
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