Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari has lost engine performance in Austin, but the Mercedes driver steered clear of implying that the change was rooted in a technical directive issued by the FIA on Saturday. F1's governing body responded to an inquiry from Red Bull which submitted a theoretical system that could be used to increase an engine's fuel flow by altering how the flow is measured. As expected, the FIA deemed that such a ploy would violate F1's technical rules. FIA answers Red Bull query on possible fuel-flow ploy In qualifying, Ferrari was beaten to pole by Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas, with runner-up Sebastian Vettel outpaced by the Finn by 0.012s and teammate Charles Leclerc concluding...
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