Both of F1’s championship protagonists for 2022 will slide down the Spa-Francorchamps grid as a result of unscheduled engine changes. Both Red Bull and Ferrari have separately decided to take the grid penalties at the fabled Belgian GP circuit, where overtaking is easier than at most other circuits. “You don’t want to take a penalty at Zandvoort, it’s difficult to overtake in Monza, you don’t want to start at the back in Singapore – you can’t overtake in Japan either,” he smiled. “Bahrain and Spa are the easiest circuits for overtaking which is why other teams have chosen to take a penalty here as well.

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