The US GP in Austin, is a track where you can overtake, and therefore, a good opportunity for teams to make their final engine changes to face the final races with a fresher engine, therefore, this race will see some punishments. Among them, those announced yesterday Perez and Zhou, mounting a new internal combustion engine (ICE), which means a penalty of 5 positions on the grid. And this is assumed Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc They will do the same, both accumulating 5 penalty positions for the starting grid that will appear in the classification that will take place tonight (00:00 / DAZN F1).
Fernando Alonso did not change the engine in the last Belgian GP, something Alpine did with Ocon and many other drivers on the grid, taking advantage of the fact that in Spa you can overtake and reduce losses starting from the back. Its propellant failed at Zandvoort, but Alpine decided not to change it at the following round of Monza, where it caused problems again, although this time of a different nature. Finally, Fernando Alonso will need to install a new ICE, which will delay him for this Sunday in Austin, where he will have to star in a return to the middle of the grid to get the points on a track where he started yesterday in 6th place in Free Practice 1.
For his part, included the penalty has already been confirmed by 5 positions in ‘Checo’ Pérez and the one that will be announced today by Charles Leclerc, Carlos sainzwho yesterday was the best in Free Practice 1, will now fight for pole against Max Verstappen. The question is whether Mercedes, with the latest package of improvements, can join the fight at a circuit where it performs well.
Carlos was fast and confident from the start with a great lap in Free Practice 1 and he knows his car can keep up with red bull in the classification. The ferrari He struggled more in the race, but after one lap, the Spaniard could be well armed to beat the Dutchman today and achieve what would be his third pole position of the year.
Source: La Verdad
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