It was an open secret that went around the paddock and that was made official in tFree Practice 1 of the Brazilian Grand Prix which is disputed in Interlagos Circuit: the leader of the World Championship, the Dutch Max Verstappen, He will be penalized five grid positions for Sunday’s race for changing his Red Bull’s power unit, as MD has already announced.
So, F1 made it known: “Max Verstappen will face one of these defeats on the starting grid next time Grand Prix of Sao Paulo after Red Bull decided to change its power unit for the sixth time this season.”
It should be noted that each season drivers can use four internal combustion engines and that Verstappen exceeded this limit previously in Belgium, where he served a penalty of 10 places on the starting grid. As Brazil was their second violation, the result was a drop of five places.
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Besides, a document published by the FIA He also confirmed that the current world champion will use a new exhaust system, but will not incur any penalty for it, as he is still within the eight engine limit.
It should be noted that Max Verstappen leads the World Championship with 362 points, compared to 315 of a Lando Norris who had a hot streak in the last Grand Prix and already won the first game in Free Practice this Friday afternoon, although it’s true that Max doesn’t want to show all his cards either.
Source: La Verdad
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