Mercedes confirmed on Friday that, Lewis Hamilton is set to receive a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix as the championship leader has taken a new Mercedes engine at Istanbul Park.
Hamilton, who holds a two-point lead in the standings having won the Russian Grand Prix, in which Red Bull’s Max Verstappen recovered from 20th to second having himself taken a new power unit was expected to take a new engine prior to this weekend.
His Mercedes W12 has been fitted with a new internal combustion engine (ICE) and exhaust but the driver has only exceeded his allocation of new ICEs. Because he has exceeded his allocation of new engines, he’s set to receive a 10-place penalty – however, Hamilton came from sixth to win the 2020 Turkish GP.
Carlos Sainz of Ferrari will also start the race from the rear with a new power unit.
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[…] FP1 on Friday after it was confirmed that he would take a new engine for Sunday’s race, and a 10-place grid penalty as a result. Lewis managed to complete 26 laps in the morning […]