Sainz receives first grid penalty of the weekend, possibly more to come

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14:28, 22 Jul 2022

Carlos Sainz has a ten-place grid penalty to his name for the French Grand Prix. It is expected that more grid penalties will follow later this weekend.

Ferrari have installed new control electronics (CE) on Sainz's car. More new engine parts may follow as we saw with Charles Leclerc before the Canadian Grand Prix. After his engine failed in Austria, Sainz was expected to start from the back of the grid at Paul Ricard.

Other drivers changing parts are Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Hamilton opted for a new turbo and MGU-H, but the Briton is not yet penalised as it is his third part. Russell and Hamilton also both get a new CE.

Verstappen also changes a part

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris will get a new exhaust system, but this has no further consequences for the drivers.

Gianluca D'Alessandro

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Nuova centralina per Sainz, che quindi andrà ufficialmente in penalità. Sulla vettura di Hamilton sono stati sostituiti turbo, MGU-H, pacco batteria e centralina, su quella di Russell solo pacco batterie e centralina. Per Verstappen e Norris nuovo sistema di scarico #FrenchGP

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	131
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	72
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	48
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	20
9	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	16
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	14
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
14	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	5
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	1
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0

Sainz receives first grid penalty of the weekend, possibly more to come

Verstappen also changes a part

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