F1: Five or more drivers expected to take grid penalties at Monza (Update)

The tally of drivers taking F1’s silly grid penalties is now up to six for the Italian GP Sunday, and it might go higher.

Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, Valtteri Bottas and Yuki Tsunoda are set to receive grid penalties.

Hamilton’s PU change was confirmed on Thursday, with Mercedes’ seven-time champion set to drop to the back of the grid having taken every engine component bar control electronics (CE) and energy store (ES).

Red Bull’s drivers, Verstappen and Perez, will also face drops for exceeding their respective allocations of internal combustion engines (ICE) – Perez has taken his fourth ICE and Verstappen his fifth.

Ferrari driver Sainz has exceeded his allocation of gearbox components and ES.

AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda, who will already drop 10 places for accumulating five reprimands over the season, will add to his penalties with a host of new power unit components.

As for Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas, he hinted at incoming penalties after his late on-track stoppage at Zandvoort. The Finnish driver has new engine components and is set to drop to the back of the grid along with Tsunoda and Hamilton.

Here are the drivers taking grid penalties this weekend for the Italian GP

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Will take his 4th power unit of the year

Mick Schumacher (Haas F1)

New gearbox

Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)

10-place grid penalty following his fifth reprimand of the year.

Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)

Will take his 6th power unit of the year

Carlos Sainz Jr. (Ferrari – Tentative)

There is still no confirmation of Carlos Sainz taking a new power unit. The Spaniard was scheduled to install the newly upgraded power unit that was fitted to the back of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari at Spa.

Other Possible Candidates

Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, and Alex Albon, all may take additional power units so they have enough to finish the year.