Red Bull, Sainz, and Hamilton
Several top drivers will receive a grid penalty for Sunday's race at the 2022 F1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, including Red Bull, Sainz, and Hamilton.
Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen will be another of the drivers who will receive a penalty on the starting grid of the 2022 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix for changing elements in his engine. However, in the case of the Dutchman, it is a five-position penalty, and he should not start from the back like others.
Red Bull will debut an internal combustion engine.
The one from Red Bull will debut an internal combustion engine, so he will accumulate five places concerning his original starting place that he achieved in the classification on Saturday, and he will have to come back as he did in Spa-Francorchamps to try to add his 11th victory of the season.
In addition, during the week in which, the Ferrari team presented a special livery in commemoration of 75 years since the birth of the brand with the Giallo Modena on the back.
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz received a penalty that sent him 25 positions behind for the race of the Sunday for changing elements in his power unit and replacing the gearbox, which automatically forces him to start from the end.
Singapore and Suzuka
After studying the risk of penalizing on a track where overtaking is more accessible than on others like Zandvoort, the Italians decided to mount new components on the Spanish car because the following races will be held in places that are not very beneficial for climbing positions, Singapore and Suzuka.
The Ferrari driver will have recently released parts to try the comeback at the home of the Tifosi. Still, he will not be the only one since Sergio Perez will have ten penalty places and Valtteri Bottas 15, while Lewis Hamilton will start from the rear in the Exit at the 'Temple of Speed.'
Fernando Alonso
In the case of the Briton, he will mount the fourth power unit in his Mercedes, which the Brackley team doubted since they were investigating whether the engine they used when the accident with Fernando Alonso occurred at Spa-Francor champs was still operational.
Seven-time champion
Thus, the seven-time champion will face the event in which his streak of consecutive grand Prix in points was cut short last season after his incident with Max Verstappen, in which both finished out of the race from the previous places.
For Valtteri Bottas, it will be nothing new to start from the rear since the Alfa Romeo driver is suffering from the poor reliability of the Ferrari 066/7 engine, something that his team manager, Frédéric Vasseur, has come to acknowledge "I think the engine Ferrari has made a step forward, we also did the same job with the chassis.
We had some reliability issues that cost us a lot of points in some races where we were in suitable forms, like Jeddah or Silverstone.
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