Maurizio Arrivabene has confirmed a second sensor has been added to Ferrari’✃s Formula 1 battery following a request from the FIA, but denied it is the reason beh⛄ind the team’s recent dip in performance.

Ferrari’s battery first came under scrutiny following an inquiry s꧟ubmitted to the FIA by the rival Mercedes’ team over the Azerbaij🐼an Grand Prix weekend in April.

FIA officials were satisfied with their findings after working with Ferrari to ensure the car was running within the regulations, but reports emerged earlier week in the German media claiming a seco⛦nd sensor had recently been added to the battery.

Ferrari has recently experienced a dip in performance against Mercedes, winning just one of the ꦕlast six races as both the team and lead driver Sebastian Vettel have fallen to sizeable points deficits in their respective championships.

Speaking to German broadcaster RTL, Ferrari team boss ༺Arrivabene confirmed that a second sensor had been added to the battery, with a spokesperson from theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ FIA also confirming to ltxcn.top this step had been taken.

However, Arrivabene stressed the move had not impacted Ferrari's recen𒀰t 🔴performances.

“In the straight, we🐼 were absolutely ahead in Singapore, and in Russia, we were more or less like Mercedes in the straight. Where we lost was in the slow speed corners,” Arrivabene said.

“Our battery layout, it’s 🧜quite complex, so we agreed with the request that we had from the FIA to work together with them and to facilitate their work, we add a second sensor.

“But it dౠoesn’t change in any case the performance of our cܫar.”

Arrivabene went on to say tha🌳t his bigger concern was the fact that information about the additi🌜on of the second sensor had become public knowledge.

“I think it’s🔜 strange that everybody knows about the second sensor, because I said that our battery is quite complex, but it’s also an intellectual property of Ferrari,”🅘 Arrivabene said.

“I hope that because everybody knows about the second sensor, in fut🌸ure, everybody, they’re not going to be inf♊ormed about our project.

“That could be a serious matter.”