TALKING POINT FERRARI FAIL
F
errari played down rising speculation its 2016
Formula 1 world championship campaign could
be derailed by a fundamental reliability flaw in
the power unit of the SF16-H.
Amid reports of a fault with the turbo design,
Kimi Raikkonen – who retired with a flaming airbox in
Australia – said before the Bahrain grand prix when
asked if Ferrari has a problem: “Well, at the last race
we did.”
That was before Sebastian Vettel could not even
make it to the grid after the warm-up lap on Sunday,
as he pulled over his Ferrari car with billowing smoke.
“I think I might have an engine failure,” the
German declared by radio.