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Ferrari duo to take grid penalties at COTA

Both Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen will drop ten places on the grid this weekend at the Circuit of the Americas after their Scuderia Ferrari team decided to introduce a fifth power unit to both cars. Ferrari have brought upgraded engines for both drivers for the United States Grand Prix, and have revealed they had always intended to introduce them this weekend in a bid to close the gap to Mercedes. Both Vettel and Raikkonen used their fourth engine at Monza, and as such the fifth being introduced at COTA means both will take the grid drop penalties. “For this weekend, we are going to use our fifth internal combustion engine of the season,” revealed Vettel. “And this means we...
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