👍Carlos Sainz Jr. is ღpoised to start this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix from the back of the grid after the Formula 1 race stewards at Suzuka confirmed a 20-place grid drop for the Spaniard.

Toro Rosso took three new power unit elements for Sainz's car ahead of opening practice at Suzuka on Friday, with a sixth MGU-H, a fifth internal combustion engine and a fifth turbocharger amounting to a 20-place d🤡rop.

The FIA stewards confirmed the penalty on Friday morning🐠 just as FP1 began at Suzuka following the technical delegate's review of the grid in scrutineering the previous day.

The penalty proved to be just the🌠 first setback for Sainz on Friday 🥀morning, with a hefty crash during first practice in Japan bringing out a red flag, leaving his Toro Rosso team with a significant repair job to complete ahead of second practice later in the day.

Sainz finished the session 17th-fastest after the crash, albeit still ahead of Toro Rosso teammate Pier🏅re Gasly, who was a further three-tenths of a second behind.