Leclerc, Alonso join Perez, Zhou with USGP grid penalties

Charles Leclerc will take a 10-place grid penalty at the United States Grand Prix -- one of four drivers taking drops after qualifying.

The Ferrari driver has taken a new internal combustion engine (ICE) and turbocharger, with each new component accounting for a five-place grid penalty. It gives him the new components for the final four races at COTA, Mexico, Brazil and Abu Dhabi, and a number of other drivers have similarly taken penalties at the same point.

Fernando Alonso has a new ICE that drops him five places on the grid, while Sergio Perez and Zhou Guanyu took the same penalty on Friday.

The power unit developments increase Red Bull’s chances of winning the constructors’ championship this weekend, with the team only needing to finish within 19 points of Ferrari at Circuit of The Americas to secure the title.

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Chris Medland

While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.

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