Ferrari spends tokens on engine upgrade for Russian GP

Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel are running new Formula 1 power units in Russia after Ferrari chose to use three development tokens as part of an upgrade.

Ferrari was the biggest spender of tokens before the start of the F1 season with 23 and following its latest spend now has six remaining.

Vettel moves on to his third internal combustion engine of the year and now only has two remaining in his allocation while this will be Raikkonen's second.

Speaking on Thursday, Raikkonen said: "We have certain plans like we had last year all the way through the year to improve certain things and bring new parts in certain races.

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"The plan is again similar, we are following it and it's a different, new engine but it's normal progress through the year.

"Is it going to make an awful lot of difference? I don't know.

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"My engine had nothing wrong and it's just a new spec and it's normal."

Meanwhile, Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo has fitted a new control electronics, his second of the allocation of five for the season.

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