168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen is set to take a grid penalty at this weekend’s F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

That is according to Red Bull’s motors♑port advisor Helmut Marko, who seemingly confirmed Verstappen will need to change his engine and trigger a grid drop in Brazil this weekend.

Verstappen, who took a grid penalty at the Belgian Graಌnd Prix after moving onto his fifth power unit of the season, looks set for more penalty pain at Interlagos after engine iss🧸ues thwarted his Friday in Mexico City last weekend.

“Versജtappen’s Mexico w🅰eekend got off to a bad start on Friday with a leak in the engine’s intake tract,” Marko said in his regular Speedweek column.

“As a result, Max was unable to drive in both the first and seconꦦd practice sessions.

“The lack of drivin🧸g time is part of the reason why we were not competitive in the race, especially with the hard tyres.

“We had the fifth-fastest car behind the two Ferraris and the McLaren. On the medium Pirelli we were still halfway there, but with both compounds, the tyre wear was worse than that of our competitꦉors.

“The pace was also not good because, due to the aforementioned engine problem, a different power unit had to be fitted that had r🧸eached the end of its cycle and was not actually planned for racing at all.

“That was one of the reasons why we were one of the slow♒est cars on the straights. When a Formula 1 engine has reache⛎d a certain number of kilometers, the loss of power is clearly noticeable.

“We are currently investigating whether we could use🦹 the engine with the leak again. But here, too, the mileage means that it is no longer intended 🗹to be used.

“All this means that we cannot avoid changing the eng🅰ine in Braz𒅌il, with a corresponding penalty.”

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner addressed the possibility🀅 of a future grid penalty last time o☂ut in Mexico.

"I don't think you're ever safe, as we had just seen in the last session [FP1], but hopefully, that's just a small issue,”ꦍ he said.

“I think it's something, probably more of a question for our engine partner [Honda] as to how comfortable they feel getting to the end of the year. But you're always always on✨ the limit.”

It would mark a blow for Verstappen, who saw his championship lead over168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris sꦡhrink to 47 points with four r🉐aces remaining after he was hit with a 20-second penalty and finished sixth in Mexico.