Yuki Tsunoda set for back-of-the-grid start at F1 Mexico City Grand Prix after wholesale engine changes
The Japanese driver has been consigned to a grid drop penalty for exceeding his allowance of four power units fo♎r the seaso🐷n, with AlphaTauri making wholesale component changes.
As well as a fifth internal combustion engine,🐷 Alpha🤡Tauri have also fitted a new turbo charger, MGU-H and MGU-K to Tsunoda’s car.
Tsunoda has also taken on a third energy store and control electronics, with four allowed th𓄧ro🐭ughout the year.
Regardless of where Tsunoda qualifies on Saturday, he n꧑ow faces an auto♔matic back-of-the-grid start for Sunday, as per F1’s sporting regulations.
The 23-year-old sat out of Friday’s opening practice session at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as Red Bull junio♎r Isack 𓃲Hadjar made his grand prix weekend debut.
🎃Hadjar was one of five young drivers to take part in FP1 in order to meet F1’s mandatory rookie requirement.
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