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 grid p🤪enalty at the F1 United States Grand Prix.

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

However, he will be ahead of George Russell who star🍒ts from the pitlane.

Lawson is racing this weekend in America for the first time as ܫDaniel Ricciardo's replacement.

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

Lawson knew that he w🤪ould face a🔯 big penalty for his F1 comeback 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 part is worth 10 place🔯s.

Lawson's car has been fitted with a new internal combustion engine, 🔯turbocharger, motor generator unit-he𒆙at, motor generator unit-kinetic, energy store and control electronics.

Each of those pa😼rts exceed the allocation for the year.

Lawson also has a new exhaust 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 pressu🍰re-free return to Formula 1.

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

Lawson has insisted that any goal of earning the Red Bull drive, at RB's sister team, is on the b🧸ack-burner.

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