Liam Lawson will start the United States Grand Prix from the back of the grid after a number of engine components were changed on his RB, meaning that the New Zealander has been hit with a penalty.
Lawson will make his return this weekend as he replaces Daniel Ricciardo at the squad for the remainder of the season, news that was confirmed in the days following the Singapore Grand Prix.
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While this will be the 22-year-old’s first outing of the campaign, Lawson has inherited the pool of components previously used by Ricciardo, meaning that replacing several of these has taken him over the amount allocated to each car.
A Technical Delegate’s Report released after Free Practice 1 confirmed that the #30 car has been fitted with a new internal combustion engine (ICE), turbocharger (TC), motor generator unit-heat (MGU-H), motor generator unit-kinetic (MGU-K), energy store (ES) and control electronics (CE), all of which have exceeded the allocation allowed for the season.
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