News Details

Maldonado gets grid penalty

Pastor Maldonado is the second driver to fall foul of the complicated new power unit component rules, picking up a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's race.Following Daniil Kvyat's penalty in Singapore, today Maldonado was handed a grid penalty after he used his sixth Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) in FP1, a breach of Article 28.4a of the 2014 Formula One Sporting Regulations.A number of other drivers including Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen are perilously close to their component limits, with some fearing the complicated new rule will turn off fans once it starts to make its full impact felt in terms of penalties.Should the full ten-place penalty not be applied this...
Full Story »
11y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Maldonado set for engine penalty

Pastor Maldonado is set to be hit by a 10-place grid penalty as a result...
11y ago from Crash.net

Maldonado set for ten-place engine penalty

Sutton Images Enlarge Pastor Maldonado will become the second driver to...
11y ago from espnF1.com

Maldonado handed 10-place grid penalty for engine...

Pastor Maldonado (VEN) Lotus. Formula One World Championship, Rd15,...
11y ago from Formula1.com

Update: Power unit elements used so far

– Under F1's new power unit regulations, drivers can use no more...
11y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Pirelli director reveals who covers tyre costs in...

Pirelli has revealed the negotiations that have allowed the manufacturer...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar drivers praise design of ‘awesome’ new...

IndyCar unveiled the design of its new 2028 chassis on Tuesday, showing...

IndyCar shows off first new chassis design in over a...

The NTT IndyCar Series showed images of its new chassis for the first...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal weigh up move for £30m La Liga ace as Aston...

Raul Asencio has been linked with a move away from Real Madrid this...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal 'close to' surprise signing before blockbuster...

Arsenal have been heavily linked with a move for the Newcastle United...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Going for that Sadio Mane' - Fans react as Arsenal...

Fans on social media have reacted after Bukayo Saka revealed his new...
12h 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.