Jul.3 (GMM) Kimi Raikkonen has confirmed his car will undergo an unscheduled engine change following his run to second place in the recent French grand prix.
The right exhaust pipe fitted to the Finn's Ferrari single seater and V8 engine failed and fell off at Magny-Cours two weeks ago.
Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali said afterwards that using the same engine at Silverstone would be "ambitious" given its arduous outing in France.
The Magny-Cours engine was due to be carried over to Silverstone, but a change for Silverstone would go unpunished, according to the new 2008 rule allowing one out-of-sequence change per driver.
"I'll use a new engine because the team doesn't want to risk anything, although the rules say that you will not be punished if you have to change the engine," Raikkonen, 28, said.
Written: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:12:09
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