Maldonado will fall ten places at Monza

If Romain Grosjean will be excluded for the Italian Grand Prix, Pastor Maldonado will have to move back ten places on the grid after taking two consecutive penalties at Spa-Francorchamps.

Published on 02/09/2012 à 18:43

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Pastor Maldonado has been collecting penalties since the start of the season and will still have to move back on the Monza grid. The pilot Williams received a double penalty at the end of the Spa-Francorchamps race. The Venezuelan, who had already had to move back three places on the grid of the Belgian Ardennes circuit, received a first penalty of five places for having anticipated his departure. The winner of the Spanish GP took a second penalty after being held responsible for his collision with Timo Glock (Marussia).

The Venezuelan is starting to get used to it since the Grove team driver received a penalty each time except in Australia, Malaysia and Spain where he won last May. The 2010 GP2 Series champion has still not scored any points since his victory in Barcelona as he retired after his first stop.

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