New Ferrari energy unit elements will see Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas begin from the again of the grid for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.
The Finnish driver, who retired from the British Grand Prix, has taken his fourth inner combustion unit, fourth turbocharger, fourth MGU-H and fourth MGU-Ok, third management electronics and fifth exhaust (not exceeding his allocation of exhausts) with the resultant penalties to place him final on the grid for the Grand Prix.
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The grid penalties will solely come into play for Sunday’s Grand Prix, which means qualifying will dictate the place Bottas begins for Saturday’s Dash – by which factors are up for grabs for the highest eight finishers.
McLaren’s Lando Norris has additionally taken a bunch of latest energy unit elements for this weekend’s race, however the driver hasn’t exceeded his allocation of elements and can subsequently not be penalised.
4 drivers – Bottas, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Zhou Guanyu – have taken a brand new gearbox for this occasion, with none of these drivers to obtain a penalty.
