Pink Bull stated forward of Friday working at Spa-Francorchamps that it had elected to suit a fifth gearbox to Verstappen’s RB19 for this weekend’s race.
F1 drivers are restricted to 4 of the gearboxes assemblies for the complete season and Verstappen is the primary driver to exceed that.
The transfer comes after an early a part of the season the place Verstappen continuously complained about gear sync points, though it’s not identified if that is associated to the rationale why he has burned by so many gearboxes.
The choice by Pink Bull to swap gearboxes at Spa is logical, as the great overtaking alternatives provided by the Belgian monitor imply it’s a place the place groups are extra comfy to take grid drops.
With Pink Bull in a category of its personal this season, a five-place drop for Verstappen is unlikely to show an excessive amount of of a hurdle to him concentrating on one other win.
Talking on Thursday, Verstappen stated that there was little to fret about contemplating the latest dominance of the RB19 on the Hungaroring.
“I feel now we have a fast automobile,” he stated. “In fact, there are plenty of different groups and I feel they introduced much more than us this yr, as a result of we could not.
“However we’re very proud of how the automobile is performing. Our Saturday is possibly not superb, however I feel on the Sunday you may see the upgrades we introduced. It [Hungary] was a great race to see it working.”
Final yr, Verstappen began fifteenth on the grid in Belgium however charged by to take a dominant victory.
Though the F1 season is barely simply previous its midway stage, a number of drivers are on the bubble for gearbox penalties.
Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez additionally has used 4 of his 5 gearboxes, alongside Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Haas duo Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen.
With Gasly and Hulkenberg additionally working their last allocation of powerunit parts, they’d most like take an additional gearbox if it was determined to take contemporary engines.
Winner Max Verstappen, Pink Bull Racing RB19
Photograph by: Pink Bull Racing
