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Max Verstappen has explained the thinking behind him “likely” taking an engine penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix, with the Dutchman suggesting that Red Bull are unsure of how competitive they will be at Spa-Francorchamps.
After losing a power unit during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, there was a strong likelihood that Verstappen would incur a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his allocated number of engines at an upcoming race.
And when asked ahead of the weekend in Belgium how likely an engine change could be at the venue, the reigning world champion responded: “Likely, yeah. But I knew of course that it is coming. It’s not a surprise to me.”
With the circuit being one where overtaking is possible, Verstappen acknowledged that the track could be a good one to take the penalty.
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But again, a race can always be turned upside down with moments. We have to be open minded and try to make the best of it. That’s what we’ll try to do. At the moment, I also don’t know how competitive we’re going to be here.
“Also a few places there’s new tarmac, so we need to see how the tyres respond to that as well. So still a lot of unknowns. Obviously with the weather, quite a bit of rain expected on Friday and Saturday. So yeah, just need to follow the weather and just progression through the weekend, and see how competitive we are.”
