AUSTIN -- Max Verstappen will drop 15 places from wherever he qualifies at the U.S. Grand Prix due to an engine penalty.
Red Bull has changed the internal combustion engine (ICE) and MGU-H on Verstappen's car, the fifth of either component in the Dutchman's pool. Drivers are only allowed to use four of each engine component before penalties are incurred.
F1's complicated engine regulations state that the first of any 'new' component outside of the legal four is met with a 10-place grid. Any similar taken after that get five each. So in this case, if Verstappen's ICE is his 'first' fifth component, it earned 10 places, while the MGU-H earns him just five.