Max Verstappen takes $38,000 Honda for ultimate detour ahead of 2022 Hungarian GP

Samriddhi Jaiswal | 09/09/2022
Max Verstappen takes $38,000 Honda for ultimate detour ahead of 2022 Hungarian GP

Red bull driver Max Verstappen took a detour ahead of the 2022 Hungarian GP in $38,000 worth of Honda Civic Type R.

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen took a spin around the Euro ring circuit in $38,000 worth of Honda Civic Type R ahead of the Hungarian GP.

Verstappen took an ultimate detour at the Euro ring circuit when he found some time free of his busy schedule ahead of the race weekend.

The Dutchman was recorded running a few laps in the Honda around the circuit in an advertisement for the said Honda vehicle.

The Red Bull driver took the win at the Hungarian GP right before the summer break extending his championship lead in the drivers’ standings.

Going into the Italian GP this weekend, the goal remains the same for the reigning champion while his rivals try to catch up to him.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc stands P2 in the championship with a 109-point deficit to Verstappen. Heading into the home race of the Scuderia in Monza Leclerc is looking forward to bridging that gap but has admitted that the Monza circuit does not suit the F1-75 so well.

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Max Verstappen to take grid penalty in Monza

Ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, Verstappen will take a five-place grid penalty as he has taken his fifth internal combustion engine of the season, of which three were allowed.

The 24-year-old had previously suffered a 10-place penalty in Belgium for his fourth ICE but this time his punishment has been reduced for his second offence.

Mercedes has also confirmed that Lewis Hamilton will start from the back of the grid after taking new parts. Meanwhile, Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz are also facing penalties.

Perez will be taking his fourth ICE and therefore faces a 10-place penalty while Sainz is taking a new gearbox and motor generator unit-kinetic (MGU-K), and faces a combined 25-place penalty.

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Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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