HUNGARORING -- Ferrari believes it can make it to the end of the season without incurring a grid penalty for using a fifth turbocharger on the cars of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen.
After ten races, both Ferrari drivers have used all four of their allocated turbochargers for the year and using a fifth at any point before the end of the season would result in a ten-place grid penalty. Vettel's car was fitted with its fourth turbocharger as early as the Spanish Grand Prix in May while Raikkonen's fourth debuted at Silverstone earlier this month.
Teams are allowed to rotate between their allocation of power unit components during the season, meaning Ferrari can still go back to a previously used turbocharger without incurring a penalty.