Reliability concerns over the control electronics for Ferrari’s Formula 1 engine led to the raft of changes made by Ferrari-powered teams at the Chinese Grand Prix. Ferrari introduced new control electronics for its power unit in Shanghai following the issue that robbed Charles Leclerc of a maiden grand prix victory in Bahrain. One of the cylinders in his engine stopped working in the closing stages and resulted in Leclerc dropping out of contention for the win and down to third. Ferrari later attributed the failure to a short circuit within an injection system, something it said it had never encountered before. While Ferrari did not have to change the power unit on Leclerc’s car...
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