Ferrari have taken action at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix to avoid being disqualified, according to one Sky Sports F1 pundit.

The 11th round of the championship headed to the Red Bull Ring, where the Scuderia’s stellar driver duo were in contention for their best result of the season.

Charles Leclerc lined up P2 for Sunday’s race with team-mate Lewis Hamilton just two places behind him in fourth for lights out in Spielberg, but after a strong start for McLaren, a first grand prix win for Ferrari looked next to impossible.

As the two SF-25s sped around the tricky track on Sunday, Sky F1 reporter Ted Kravitz noted a preventative aspect of their performance

Following Hamilton’s first and only race win in red at the Chinese GP Sprint in March, the seven-time champion likely felt another positive result was possible during the main race.

After finishing P6 in the Chinese GP behind Leclerc in P5, both Ferrari drivers were disqualified, bringing double disaster to the Scuderia’s door earlier this year.

Leclerc’s Ferrari was ruled to have breached the FIA’s weight regulations in Shanghai and shortly after, it was announced that the skid wear of Hamilton’s Ferrari had been checked according to the team’s legality documents, with his measurements all under the minimum 9mm thickness required. Hamilton was disqualified as a result.

On top of this, McLaren junior Alex Dunne was also disqualified from the Austrian F2 feature race for the same issue.