Ferrari has now determined the cause of Michael Schumacher's championship-denting engine failure at Suzuka.
It is understood that the German rarely smoked to a halt in Japan due to a failed intake valve.
Engineers at the Maranello based squad, however, have put the failure down to an isolated materials defect, meaning that a significant change or remedy in Brazil is unlikely.
Felipe Massa's pre-race engine glitch in Shanghai is also believed to have involved a damaged valve, but it was apparently a different failure.
Ferrari sources, meanwhile, ruled out the theory that Schumacher's final pit stop at Suzuka - including overheating - could be linked to his failure.
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