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Raikkonen expects to avoid engine penalties at Suzuka

Kimi Raikkonen is expecting to avoid taking Formula 1 engine penalties for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, despite suffering power unit trouble in Malaysia. Raikkonen qualified second for the Sepang race, having missed out on pole by just 0.045 seconds, but failed to take the start when Ferrari encountered engine trouble on the way to the grid. Ferrari suspects it could be a recurrence of the same problem that prevented teammate Sebastian Vettel from setting a timed lap in Malaysian GP qualifying, although analysis is still being conducted. Raikkonen has used the maximum number of turbochargers and MGU-Hs in his allocation but has one more free change of internal combustion engine,...
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