Max Verstappen makes penalty-free engine change after Friday woes

Red Bull makes penalty-free engin✱e change on Max Verstappen's Red Bull F1 car.

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

Red Bull have changed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s power unit after the issues which hampered his Friday practice at the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix.

The reigning world champion will not face a grid drop for the change because Red Bull have reverted to another engine from Verstap🐻pen’s pool “as a result of intake air circuit leaka🌱ge which could not be thoroughly resolved”.

Verstappen had complained about a lack of power during𝔉 opening practice at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, before issues continued to hamper the Dutchman in the extended afternoon session, restricting him to just four laps in FP2.

Verstappen rued his Friday as “useless” a🦹fter the problems which arose.

"From the engine side we are checking, I don't know exactly what it is," Verstappen said after FP2. "But yeah, from my side [it was] a pretty much useless day. I did like four or five laps, 𓆉and that's not much to read into.

"It'll be alright [without a penalty]. I never really had a good run. I did four or five laps in total and t🌳hat's even🃏 with some long run laps in it. So a day to forget.”

Verstappen holds a 57-point lead over McLaren’s Lando Norris in the drivers’ championship with five rounds remai🐷ning this season.

Speaking about Verstappen’s pool of permitted components for the re𒐪st of the year, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said on Friday: “I don't think you're ever safe, as we've just s꧟een in the last session.

“But hopefully, that's just a🌟 small issue. I think it's something pr📖obably more of a question for our engine partner as to how comfortable they feel getting to the end of the year. But you're always on the limit.”

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