WAITING HORSE
Unlike what it did last year, Ferrari did not introduce a new engine spec for its home event, while Mercedes had done so a week prior at Spa-Francorchamps.
The Scuderia’s fourth internal combustion engine (ICE) could be introduced in Malaysia, provided it passes various reliability tests. According to several sources, these would not be entirely satisfactory yet.
It remains unclear whether the engine received by Haas at Spa prefigured the evolution, though it is more likely that Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen only had another model of the same spec. Indeed, works teams usually get priority status over customer outfits when it comes to upgrades
