Max 🦹Versta♌ppen has been hit with a 10-place grid penalty at this weekend's F1 Belgian Grand Prix.

The penalty 🐽is for exceeding his engine allowance.

Verstappen has been walking a tightrope since the Canadian Grand Prix, when h🃏e lost a power unit.

Red Bull were forced to give him a fourth PU - the maximum for any driver in one seꦚason.

♕The team have now opted for Verstappen to face his grid penalty at Spa this weekend, a track which offers plenty of opportunity for overtaking.

It is꧙ a setback for Verstappen's hopes of winning at Spa, because even if he qualifies in pole position he will start the grand prix from 11th.

However, he did win a year ago in Belgium after✨ qualifying in pole then serving a five-place grid penalty.

But, since 2023 when Verstappen dominated,ℱ the field has converged and h𝔍e is facing much more competition.

It arrives a week after Verstappen's angry back-and-forth with his 🍒race engineer, amid a difficult round in Hungary.

McLaren's Oscar Piastꦛri and Lando Norris finished 1-2 in Hungary and now, with Verstappen facing a penalty, will fancy anotheꦇr victory.

Yuki Tsunoda starts from the back

RB driver Yuki Tsunoda will start the Belgia൲n Grand Prix from th𒐪e back of the grid.

RB have opted to fit his car with a new engine, taking the penalty at Spa whe♏re overtaking opportunities are aplenty.