F1 Gossip: Red Bull hopeful Hamilton will take another engine penalty

-ꦗ In an interview with , Red Bull F1 consultant Helmut Marko says he expects Lewis Hamilton to take another grid penalty due to engine com🎃ponent changes.
Hamilton served a 10-place grid penalty at the Turkish Grand Prix after ta꧂king a new ICE compo🙈nent.
Marko said: “If the race goes normally and there are no accidents, we will get awꦡay with our engines. Our information, our hope, is that Hamilton will💖 have to change again.”
- In the same interview, Marko admitted that it wꦍould be a “big disappointment” if Verstappen doesn’t go on to win his maiden title.
He added: “It would be a big disappointment for Max if h💦e didn't win it. If you take the statistics: How many kilometres we have led. We have more race wins. Our retirement in Baku. And and and. There has been a certain superiority, but it is not reflected in the points.”
- Michael Andretti has revealed that he was hours away from agreeing 🤡a deal to take over the Alfa Romeo before talks broke 🐻down. ()
- Spain’s minister of Tourism, Juan Marín, says Jerez de la Frontera is first in line to take a spot on the 2022 F1 calendar should any of th🔜e races be cancelled. ()
- Ex-F1 driver Nico Hulkenberg has ruled out a 🔴switch to IndyCar following his test with Arrow M♎cLaren SP.
He wrote on Twitter: “Quick update regarding IndyCar: It was exciting to test an IndyCar two weeks ago and I am grateful to Arrow McLaren SP for this opportunity. However,🐻 for personal reasons I decided not to go ahead with it. Keep you posted on my future plans.”
- 2016 F1 champion Nico Rosberg has revealed that he considered coming back to the F1 grid as a stan൩d-in for Hamilton at the 2020 Sakhir🦹 Grand Prix.
Hamilton was ruled out of the second race in Bahrain due to coronavirus, allowing George Russell to get a shot in🥂 the dominant Mercedes car alongside Valtteri Bottas.
Speaking on Jenson Button’s YouTube channel, Rosberg said: “I would definitely have considered picking up the phone there, but I🦩 physi🔯cally would not have been able to.
“My arms would sol⭕idify rock 🔴solid. My fingers wouldn’t be able to hold the steering wheel anymore after two laps.
“Not to speak of the neck falling between my legs when I’m braking because I wouldn’t be able to hold my head up. The G-forces on those things, theܫ challenge and the development you need on all your specific muscles, the arm muscles. It’s very on the edge. So physically, no chance, because I was thinking about it.”

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