at the united states grand prix, ferrari looked to have a decent chance at the race victory with vettel lining up on the front row and leclerc lining up fourth. however, the team suffered a poor start, with vettel dropping five places on the first lap. on lap 9 vettel retired due to a suspension failure. leclerc salvaged fourth for the scuderia, 50 seconds behind race winner bottas. ferrari's poor performance once again created controversy around the legality of their engine.