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Three F1 Drivers Receive Grid Penalties for US Grand Prix
Three drivers will take grid penalties at Formula 1's US Grand Prix in Austin on Sunday.
Audi's Gabriel Bortoleto faces a 20-place penalty, Franco Colapinto of Alpine will lose 10 places, and Arvid Lindblad of Racing Bulls will lose five.
The penalties follow extra power unit components being fitted beyond the season's permitted limits.
Bortoleto exceeded the limit for his energy store and control electronics units, while Colapinto exceeded it for control electronics and Lindblad for internal combustion engines.
Bortoleto is set to start from the back of the grid, while the other two will start further back than their qualifying positions would otherwise allow.
The FIA confirmed the penalties during the opening practice session at the Circuit of the Americas.
Three drivers received grid penalties for the 2026 United States Grand Prix after exceeding their permitted power-unit component allocations.
Arvid Lindblad was given a five-place penalty, and Franco Colapinto received a 10-place penalty.
The sources disagree on Gabriel Bortoleto’s penalty: Crash.net reports 20 places, while The Race says it is believed to be 80 places.
The Race’s provisional grid lists Kimi Antonelli first, with Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar behind him.
- Who
- Arvid Lindblad, Gabriel Bortoleto and Franco Colapinto received penalties.
- What
- The drivers were handed grid penalties for exceeding their permitted power-unit component allocations.
- When
- The penalties were confirmed during the opening practice session; the race was scheduled for Sunday.
- Where
- The United States Grand Prix in Austin, at COTA.
- Why
- They exceeded their permitted allocations of power-unit components for the 2026 season.
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Crash.net reported that the FIA had confirmed the penalties during the opening practice session at COTA.
The Race published a provisional starting grid after qualifying, listing Antonelli first and Lindblad 14th.
- Lindblad
- Five-place penalty for taking a sixth internal combustion engine
- Colapinto
- 10-place penalty for a fourth control electronics component
- Bortoleto
- Crash.net: 20-place penalty; The Race: believed to be an 80-place penalty
- Provisional pole
- Kimi Antonelli
- Grand Prix
- United States Grand Prix, Austin