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Ferrari is working hard to cut its engine's high fuel consumption ahead of the start of the season. From the first grand prix in Bahrain cars will not be allowed to refuel during the race, meaning the teams will have to rethink their strategies as well as their designs. It is believed that Ferrari's V8 uses more fuel per lap than its main rivals Mercedes and Renault, and team principal Stefano Domenicali has admitted it is working on the problem. Engines can only be altered to improve reliability under the current freeze on development, meaning Ferrari cannot retune the engine to improve fuel consumption. Domenicali is not concerned, however, and claimed his team won't be at a disadvantage by the first race on March 14. "Before Bahrain we will be ready," he told Spanish sports newspaper Marca. "I believe this year consumption will be fundamental. We are working very hard with [fuel supplier] Shell on this. We have relative expectations but we are going in the right direction." Race strategy will be turned upside down next year under the new regulation. The rule ensuring drivers use both tyre compounds during a race remains in place, meaning cars will have to stop at least once. Ultimately the driver who can maintain a competitive race pace while being easy on his tyres and fuel consumption will be at an advantage. Although it was widely believed that the Renault powerplants are currently eating up the lowest amount of fuel as compared to the rest of the units in Formula One - with Mercedes second, Cosworth third and Ferrari in last place - former McLaren Mercedes boss Ron Dennis issued a whole other hypothesis in recent days. According to the more-relaxed McLaren official, who was also present at the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix a couple of weekends ago, Sebastian Vettel's engine problem looks more like a fuel consumption issue than a spark plug related incident. “The lap times dropped so rapidly that one can imagine the electronic control unit (ECU) switching to a conservative programme to save fuel. The problem with the Red Bull could be design. It could be the fuel tank is too small, or the fuel consumption is higher than they expected,” Dennis was quoted as saying by the ESPN.

The problem occurred during Lap 33 of the Bahrain race, which is when Vettel's lap times began to increase rapidly. After the race, Red Bull issued a statement in which they confirm the problem was caused by a failed spark plug. However, had this have been the case, Mercedes' Nico Rosberg should have also caught the German driver in the late laps of the race. However, in the last couple of laps, Vettel's times were quite competitive, making it impossible for the Mercedes driver to approach the RB6. According to Red Bull, an investigation into their engine problem in Bahrain is still ongoing, with the results to be found out in due ...