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Verstappen handed extra 10-place grid penalty

Max Verstappen will take a combined grid penalty of 15 places after qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Toro Rosso will use a fifth power unit of the season in Verstappen's car, meaning the rookie is the first driver to exceed the limit of four for the year. The result is an automatic 10 place grid penalty, which will be applied after Saturday's qualifying session.

Verstappen has already been hit with a penalty of five places for causing a collision with Romain Grosjean in the Monaco Grand Prix, and the two penalties combined will lead to a drop of 15 places in Montreal.

If Verstappen is unable to take the full 15 place penalty in terms of grid position, the rest of the penalty will be carried over in to the race in the following way:

1-5 unused grid positions = 5 second time penalty
6-10 unused grid positions = 10 second time penalty
10-20 unused grid positions = drive-through penalty

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.