Ferrari F1 chief Maurizio Arrivabene has questioned how a matter between his team and the FIA has become public knowledge in the wake of the Italian team being ordered to add an extra sensor to monitor the battery on the SF71H, the timing of which appears to coincide with the team's lack of 'form' in recent races.
At the Monaco Grand Prix earlier this year teams considered protesting Ferrari as the Italian team were believed to have a unique way of extracting around 20 bhp from the car’s battery which prompted the FIA an extra sensor to monitor 'device'.
On day one of the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, Arrivabene told RTL, “In the straight, we were absolutely ahead in Singapore, and in Russia, we were more or less like Mercedes in the straight. Where we lost was in the slow-speed corners, not at all [on straights] and we have the data to confirm that.
“Talking about the sensor, our battery layout is quite complex, so we agreed with the request that we had from the FIA to work together with them and to facilitate their work, that we add a second sensor. But it hasn’t changed the performance of our car.”
Arrivabene is not happy that the battery saga has gone public and suggests a leak of sorts at the FIA who handle these matters, “I think it’s strange that everybody knows about the second sensor, because as I said our battery is quite complex, but it’s also an intellectual property of Ferrari."
"I hope that because everybody knows about the second sensor, in future, everybody is not going to be informed about our project. That could be a serious matter," warned the Ferrari chief.
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