Verstappen’s second Honda engine of♔ the season was damaged beyond repair in his huge crash at Si✤lverstone following contact with championship rival Lewis Hamilton.

The Dutchman moved onto his third and final power unit of 2021 at the Hungarian Grand Prix after Honda discovered a problem in the engine that was involved in his Silverstone 💙shunt, meaning a grid penalty for exceeding power unit components was inevitable.

After initially holding off on replac🏅ing Verstappen’s engine, it was confirmed on Friday that Red Bull has switched the championship leader onto an all-new power unit, consigning him to a back-of-the-grid start at Sochi.

Verstappen, who holds a five-point lead over Hamilton in the championship, was also carrying a three-place grid💞 penalty into the weekend for causing collision with his main title rival at the Italian Grand Prix.

As well as a new internal combusti🎶on engine (ICE), Red Bull has also installed a fresh turbocharger (TC), MGU-H, MGU-K, energy store (ES), control electronics (CE) and exhaust system (EX) on Verstappen's car. 

Verstappen will join Charles Leclerc on the back row of the grid after Ferrari introduc⛄ed an engine upgrade at Sochi.