Max Verstappen, who leads the World Series by 47 points to Lando Norris, received a five-check penalty for Sunday’s race.
Red Bull’s Formula One world championship Max Verstappen’s with struggling McLaren Lando Norris got off to a good start to the Brazilian GP weekend when he was fastest in Friday’s free practice.
Admittedly, Norris was also pleased with the knowledge of Verstappen’s grid penalty for Sunday’s GP race.
At the end of the practice session, Norris rose to the top of the leaderboard with a difference of 0.181 seconds to Mercedes to George Russell. Sick by Kevin Magnussen A young promise replaced the wheel of the Haas car Oliver Bearman sizzled, bringing the British drivers three top places.
Verstappen, who leads the World Series by 47 points to Norris, received a five grid penalty for Sunday’s race because Red Bull changed the engine in Verstappen’s car. It exceeded the number of allowed substitutions, so the starting square penalty was slapped.
In practice, Verstappen did not make any time on soft tires and was 15th, 1.1 seconds away from Norris’ best time. Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas overtook Verstappen and the 16th place Mercedes Lewis Hamilton before. Bottas was 14th, the difference to the leader was 1.041 seconds.