Ferrari won't change Raikkonen's engine
Ferrari have no plans to change Kimi Raikkonen's engine for the Malaysian Grand Prix following the completion of Friday's practice sessions
"We are going to keep it, there is no reason to change it," said Raikkonen after practice. "That is the situation right now."
Raikkonen's engine had some problems during the final part of the Australian Grand Prix, a race dominated by the Finn from start to finish.
Team boss Jean Todt said however that talk about replacing the engine in Malaysia was only speculation.
"Rather than talking about technical issues, it is a sporting matter," said Todt. "Since last year it is one engine for two weekends, we just completed the first race in Australia and we are going to keep both engines for Malaysia.
"The rumours started from speculation. It is true in the last laps of the Australian Grand Prix, Kimi had a problem with a pipe and he lost some water, very little water.
"We did some more checks and if it did not happen then Kimi simulated the problems during the free testing here in Malaysia and nothing demonstrated that we should change our programme which is to keep the same engine for Malaysia."
Raikkonen's teammate Felipe Massa dominated practice at Sepang today, setting the fastest time in both sessions. Raikkonen was fourth quickest.
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