Official: Important penalty for Verstappen at Spa

It is an open secret and taken for granted. And now it’s official. Max Verstappen has received punishment of 10 places on the starting grid for Sunday’s F1 Belgian GP this weekend for mounting his 5th engine of the year.

The FIA ​​published this Friday morning the changes to the elements of the drivers’ power units and the document appears to Max Verstappen modifies the internal combustion engine. It was his 5th of the year, the first to penalize as 4 are allowed across the course without a penalty. And that is why the current leader of F1 World Cup He will receive a 10-place grid penalty on Sunday, something that could seriously complicate his weekend.

This sanction was taken for granted before arriving at Spa because it was understood that he had to choose to make this change on this track because it was possible to overtake and try to overcome more than on other tracks because in its characteristics and long straight.

Important penalty as it opens up a good option for Norris

Max Verstappen has already been penalized for changes to the power unit elements in the last two years. In 2022 he came 14th and won. And last year he received a 5-place penalty for a gearbox change and won from 6th on Sunday. however, A lot has changed this year and things seem more complicated for Max. They no longer have the best car on the grid and the McLarens are very fast.

In addition, it is expected that Mercedes will be on top and the battle at the front will be more than in previous years. So the The Dutchman would struggle to come back and Lando Norris, with his McLaren, had a golden opportunity to drop the points again and put more pressure on Max.

Norris is 76 points behind Max’s lead with 11 races remaining, including this Spa testwherein Max Verstappen should try to minimize his loss.

Your final starting position will be determined by your result in the classification held on Saturday, a result to which 10 penalty places shall apply.