AUSTIN (Texas): Red Bull‘s Sergio Perez will take a grid penalty in Sunday’s U.S. Formula One Grand Prix after beginning Friday’s free apply with a brand new engine.
The Mexican is second total, and solely some extent away from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with 4 races remaining, in a championship already received by Dutch group mate Max Verstappen for the second 12 months in a row.
Pink Bull are hoping to clinch the constructors’ world championship for the primary time since 2013 at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.
For that to not occur in Texas, Ferrari want to attain 19 factors greater than Pink Bull.
The FIA mentioned Perez had taken his fifth inside combustion engine of the season, which implies a drop of 5 locations from wherever he qualifies on Saturday however can even give him a brisker choice for his dwelling race in Mexico the weekend after.
Alfa Romeo’s Guanyu Zhou can even face an analogous drop for a similar motive.
The Mexican is second total, and solely some extent away from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with 4 races remaining, in a championship already received by Dutch group mate Max Verstappen for the second 12 months in a row.
Pink Bull are hoping to clinch the constructors’ world championship for the primary time since 2013 at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.
For that to not occur in Texas, Ferrari want to attain 19 factors greater than Pink Bull.
The FIA mentioned Perez had taken his fifth inside combustion engine of the season, which implies a drop of 5 locations from wherever he qualifies on Saturday however can even give him a brisker choice for his dwelling race in Mexico the weekend after.
Alfa Romeo’s Guanyu Zhou can even face an analogous drop for a similar motive.