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Sauber team principal Monisha Kalterborn has confirmed the team will use a 2016-spec Ferrari power unit next season. Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio Colombia Jersey .Kalterborn said the decision had been taken earlier this year in order to allow Sauber to focus on its chassis design and development, ahead of the new technical regulations which will be introduced for 2017.Had Sauber opted to overhaul its power unit, the Swiss team would have risked being forced to make late changes to its car design. As a result, it has elected to remain with a known engine concept in the shape of a 2016 Ferrari power unit.We will be using the latest spec of the 2016 Ferrari engine in 2017, Kaltenborn told F1i.The reasoning is actually that we took this decision a while ago -- not just recently -- at a time when actually the rules for next year were also not 100% clear. At that point of time we took a strategic decision to say that we want to focus the resources we have on chassis development, on performance development and in a way leave the engine side to the information and the areas which we know.So it was a pure strategic decision taken even before the rules for next year were actually finalised.Kalterborn refuted claims that Saubers decision was based on delays to its 2017 developments and insists the team -- which was taken over by Longbow Finance in July -- is well on course with its plans for next year.Any statements being made that this was taken because we are apparently in delay with our developments are wrong. We are absolutely on plan, we have not suffered any delay there. Through the change in the ownership now of course we have the stability and the boost you need to step up the speed were developing at.She added: Obviously theres not going to be that development on the engine side but in our view its the right step weve taken that whatever we might suffer on one side we are confident with the additions we have to the team to be focusing on compensating for that on the chassis side.Kaltenborn said the judgement was not influenced by Saubers financial situation, and used Toro Rosso, who are running a year-old Ferrari power unit in 2016, as an example of how it is possible to compensate for a lack of power unit development over the course of a season.Its a wilful step we have taken here. It did not have anything to do with any financial constraints, it was really that we want to focus on the chassis development. Our engineers are convinced that if there is any disadvantage you might have in terms of the power unit they want to compensate it through the chassis development.Well we definitely looked at [Toro Rosso] but for us the decision was really taken a while ago because things were not 100% sure on the rules. We wanted to have the ability that if there is any change again we can react to that and the power unit side is then the known side for us. Carlos Valderrama Colombia Jersey . There are surprises among the Vezina candidates, but most of the others are standard top-tier performers, even if the two Hart Trophy runners-ups have never been quite as good as they have been through the first half of the season. Blank Colombia Jersey . -- In one brief spurt, Brazil turned a close game into a rout and proved again it will be a strong World Cup favourite. http:///...hez-football-jersey/ . Vaives lawyer Trevor Whiffen claims the former 50-goal man wasnt provided with a copy of the claim beforehand and that he would not have agreed to the allegations made against the NHL had he been asked to review its contents. NASHVILLE -- Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne is expected to start Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins in his return from a hip injury that has limited him to only nine games this season. The Predators recalled Rinne from a two-game conditioning assignment Monday and announced that he would start the Penguins game. "Its a blast to be back playing and feeling good," Rinne said. "I think thats the main thing. Absolutely, Im just super excited." Rinne, who hasnt played in an NHL game since Oct. 22, stopped 33 of 35 shots for a .946 save percentage during his two-game stint with the AHLs Milwaukee Admirals. "Its not in the same level -- the AHL and NHL -- theres a little bit of a gap between," Rinne said. "But still, that was the whole purpose of that trip, just to feel comfortable again, get some games and get that game conditioning going again." Rinne, a two-time Vezina Trophy finalist, has been recovering from an E. coli infection in his surrgically repaired left hip. Johan Mojica Jersey. . In his last five games before the injury, Rinne went 3-1-1 with a 1.60 goals-against average and a .937 save percentage. The 31-year-old Rinne is returning as the Predators make a late-season bid for one of the Western Conferences eight playoff spots. The Predators are 12th in the Western Conference standings with 62 points. The Dallas Stars, Winnipeg Jets and Vancouver Canucks are tied for eighth with 66 points. "You cant just throw a guy in there and expect him to be the saviour," Predators coach Barry Trotz said. "But just getting him back playing is a great boost because you know the type of player that he is, the type of person he is and what he can mean to our hockey team, not only this year but the next year and the following years." The Predators also placed goaltender Devan Dubnyk on waivers Monday. The 27-year-old Dubnyk has played 32 games for the Edmonton Oilers and two games with the Predators this season. Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '