Ferrari in🦂troduced𓆉 a new engine - which features a revised hybrid system - on Charles Leclerc’s car at last weekend’s Russian Grand Prix to see how it performs in a real-world setting.

The Italian outfit is determined to improve the performance of its power unit as it looks to capitalise on F1’s rules⛦ revolution in 2022 when a freeze on engine development will also come into effect.

Ferrari sport꧙ing di☂rector Laurent Mekies said after qualifying on Saturday that the team was “satisfied” with the early signs from the power unit after debuting it on track during Friday practice in Sochi.

“There is no game-changer there but it is working smoothl𓃲y,” he explained. “It all🏅owed us to run smoothly on Friday and worked good.”

Leclerc rep🌟orteꦬd a noticeable improvement after running the upgrade for the first time on Friday and had been as high as third in the race, before eventually dropping to 15th after staying out too long on slicks when late rain fell.

Ferrari team principꦉal Mattia Binotto declꩵined to go into detail about the exact performance of the engine upgrade, which is believed to be less than 10bhp.

“No, I don’t want to quantify it,” Binotto said when asked how mu൩ch time iꦫt had brought. “I think that is a fact of our confidentiality.

“It is a step in term💝s of performance, but as Charles and Laurent said already, more important for us, certainly it has pushed forward as much as we could with that new technology, because it will certainly help in the view of 2022 in terms of the experience we can do.

“But I’m happy now that Ch🥀arles has got it and got it for the rest of the season, which still is somehow a step.”

After finishing third on the podium in Ru෴ssia, Carlos Sa🍸inz is expected to have the new power unit fitted to his car at the Turkish Grand Prix.

It wo♈uld result in the Spaniard being hit with a back-of-the-grid start for the rac🌱e at Istanbul Park.