Sainz will start the race in France from behind to mount a new engine

   MADRID, 23 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) will start this Sunday's race of the French Grand Prix, which takes place at the Paul Ricard Circuit, from the back of the grid, after a penalty for mounting a new engine and exceeding the changes allowed in the power unit.

The man from Madrid will equip his SF-75 at Paul Ricard with the fourth engine of the season, surpassing by one the components that the FIA ​​authorizes for the entire course. This decision comes after this Friday he was already sanctioned with ten positions on the grid for changing his electronic control unit.

Sainz retired from the Austrian Grand Prix two weeks ago with a power unit problem, in an incident that saw the rear half of his F1-75 engulfed in flames.

Thus, the sanctions will make the possibility of Sainz repeating his victory at Silvertone in France remote. In addition, the Spaniard also confirmed on Friday that it was more difficult than he expected to overtake. "I tried to overtake a couple of times because I know I'm going to need it a lot, and I have to say it was a bit more difficult than expected," he said in statements published by Formula 1.

"Mainly because there is a tailwind on the back straight and with this tailwind it seems that the effect of wake and DRS is a bit low," explained the Spaniard. "But I have no choice, I need to find ways to overtake and the best medicine for that is to be a little faster on Sunday than we are. Let's see if we have the top speed to overtake. I hope we do because I'm going to need recover many positions!", he predicted.

The Dane Kevin Magnussen (Haas) will also start from the back of the grid, who has also assembled his fourth power unit for this weekend. Like Sainz, Fernando Alonso and Yuki Tsunoda also mounted new gearbox components, without any of these changes being penalized.