Ferrari has taken some precautionary measures on both SF1000 cars following Sebastian Vettel’s engine failure ahead of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.

Vettel has not had the greatest of times at Silverstone over the course of the last two weeks and his woes continued in second practice on Friday afternoon when his engine went pop going through Copse in the closing stages of the session.

There was quite a substantial oil leak as a result and, after the car returned to the garage, Ferrari has fitted new power units to both his car and Charles Leclerc’s SF1000 as well.

“After yesterday’s engine failure on Seb’s car, as a precaution we have changed Charles’ power unit,” a Ferrari spokeswoman said.

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