News Details

Marko predicts grid penalty for Hamilton

Article To news overview © Mercedes Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko expects Lewis Hamilton to take a grid penalty, which would put him at the back of the grid, at one of the next three events. The limit of just three engines for a 22-race Formula 1 calendar has made life difficult for the teams to avoid a grid penalty this season. Championship leader Max Verstappen took on a fourth power unit at the Sochi Autodrom yesterday, so will start Sunday's Russian Grand Prix from the back of the field, and Marko reckons Hamilton will replicate Red Bull's strategy. "With Turkey, Austin and Mexico, our circuits are coming up again. We assume that Mercedes will take the penalty there, for the same...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes: 'Not sure yet that Hamilton will get fourth...

Max Verstappen will take his fourth Honda engine of 2021 in Russia and...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Hamilton taking a fourth PU "not an absolute...

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not believe it is "an...
3y ago from GPFans.com

Marko: 'Verstappen engine change not necessarily...

Sometime during the next races Max Verstappen will have to use a fourth...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Marko on Verstappen engine change: "Thank God...

Sometime during the next races Max Verstappen will have to use a fourth...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Pedro Acosta reveals how ‘disaster’ Saturday...

Pedro Acosta revealed “KTM is improving in every race” after taking...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marc Marquez: ‘Not normal to win every weekend’...

Marc Marquez admits “it’s not normal to win every weekend” despite...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'He needs to liven up' - Rio Ferdinand offers advice...

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has advised Altay Bayindir to liven...
46m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Concrete negotiations: Arsenal involved in talks to...

According to journalist Florian Plettenberg, Arsenal have stepped up their...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Arsenal make enquiry for 18-year-old attacker...

Arsenal have been linked with the move for the Fluminense attacking...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'He's got ability where you just can't teach it' -...

Arsenal hero Theo Walcott has compared teenager Max Dowman to Barcelona...
16h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.