Quadruple Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) will start with a grid penalty in the United States Grand Prix on Sunday, due to an engine change beyond the allowable quotas, he said. announced Thursday.
"
We are going to have a difficult weekend, we are going to change the engine and therefore we are going to have a
'grid space'
penalty,
" he said at a press conference.
Before him, the two great rivals for the title, the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) in Russia, then the Englishman Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) two weeks ago in Turkey, or the Finnish Valterri Bottas (Mercedes) in Italy , suffered this type of penalty, due to the use of a 4th engine on their single-seater.
The number of changes to the different elements of the single-seater powertrain is limited each season and any change beyond a certain number is automatically penalized.
In the last third of the season, Vettel is far from playing the leading roles, as he occupies 12th in the drivers' standings with 35 points
I can't wait to see what we can do from where we start.
I believe we can stay strong here.
We can overtake here, it seems to me that it is a good place to make this change.
I hope we will manage to get back into the fight, ”he said.
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