One F1 driver hit with 60-place grid penalty for F1 United States GP

Massive grid drop due to engine penalty in Texas

Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson

Liam Lawson faces a 60-place ⭕grᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚid penalty at the F1 United States Grand Prix.

The RB💦 driver will therefore start at the back of the grid after receiving an engine penalty.

However, he will be ahead of George Russell who starts from the pi🍬tlane.

Lawson is raci💜ng this wee🐻kend in America for the first time as Daniel Ricciardo's replacement.

But Lawson is inheriting Ricciardo's components, with F1 💧rules dictating that the engine parts belong to the car rather than the driver.

Lawson knew that he would face a big penꦉalty for his F1 ꦉcomeback due to the need to change engine parts.

The massive nature of the 60-place grid drop is because RB are changing six components, and each paꦿrt is worth 10 ꦏplaces.

Lawson's car has been fitted with a n💟ew internal combustion engine, turbocharger, motor generator unit-heat, motor generator unit-kinetic, energy store and control electronics.

Each of those🐻 parts exceed the allocatioꦆn for the year.

Lawson also has a new ex▨haust system but, as it's the fifth of eight🍰 allowed, it does not breach the rules.

Starting from the back of the grid will,🎃 at least, allow Lawson a pressure-free return to Formula 1.

He impressed at the end of 2023 when replacing the injured Ricꦍciardo but now, as a full-time driver for at least the remaining six races of this season, the stakes are higher.

Lawson has i♐nsisted that any goal of earning the Red Bull drive, at RB's sister t✤eam, is on the back-burner.

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