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Weather played a part in Red Bull PU decision
Max Verstappen says the weather forecast played a part in Red Bull’s decision to take an engine penalty and start at the back of the grid in the Russian Grand Prix. Saturday is expected to be extremely wet in Sochi, with the FIA moving a Formula 3 race forward to Friday evening to try and run as much of the weekend as possible. Given the potential for a mixed-up grid, and with a three-place grid penalty already handed out for the collision with Lewis Hamilton in Monza, Verstappen will now take a new power unit and start the race at the back of the field. “It’s not only the results — I said it before that we would take everything into account, also with the weather for tomorrow,...
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