Was the 2019 Ferrari illegal?
A series of technical directives were issued clarifying the situation and a new double fuel sensor regulation put in place. Ferrari’s team boss Mattia Binotto consistently denied any wrongdoing and the team were not found to have broken the regulations. RaceFans understands suspicions over the working of Ferrari’s power unit led to new rules for 2020 adding a second sensor to monitor fuel flow. To compensate for the required plumbing, a late tweak to the rules raised the minimum weight limit by a kilo.