Receipt
“the steward said that he's taken a fourth energy store and fourth control electronics unit this weekend. And as a result, that's a drop of 20 grid positions for the US Grand Prix.”
James' Pit Lane, at 0:30 of “Big Double Penalty In US; Hamilton & Leclerc Reject Verstappen Faster In Ferrari Claim” on James' Pit Lane’s channel.
Around it
- 0:21 Now, this is for exceedingly allowed allocation of permitted power unit parts.
- 0:26 And the drivers in question are Gabriel Bortoleto and Franco Colapinto.
- 0:30 Now, in terms of Bortoleto, the steward said that he's taken a fourth energy store and fourth control electronics unit this weekend.
- 0:38 And as a result, that's a drop of 20 grid positions for the US Grand Prix.
- 0:43 And that's because the use of each additional element in this case carries a 10 place grid penalty.
- 0:49 And in terms of Franco Colapinto, the steward said that he's taken a fourth control electronics unit for this weekend.
In the paper
- The Armchair Stewards, week ending 27 October 2026