A big downer for the teams from Red Bull Racing in Williams. The FIA has handed out a grid penalty of five places Alexander Albon in Nicholas Latifi, zo meldt BBCpresenter Jennie Gow on Twitter. The drivers receive this grid penalty for replacing their gearbox.
Albon qualified tenth for the Russian Grand Prix yesterday, but the British-Thai driver will now have to start from the tail end of the field. Red Bull has had to replace his gearbox and this takes him five places on the grid. It is again a big setback for Albon, who already has a difficult season in the service of the Austrian formation. The same story applies to Nicholas Latifi. However, the Canadian is not very hurt, as he had to start at the back. It is not known exactly what was wrong with the gearboxes of both gentlemen.