Though he faces a 5-place grid drop following Honda's decision to introduce its latest engine upgrade, Max Verstappen is remarkably sanguine about it. Coming off the back of Singapore, where he did well to finish third, even though it was widely thought he would take his third victory of the season, one might have expected the Dutch youngster to be disappointed to learn that he faces a grid penalty before he's even turned a wheel at Sochi. However, the Dutchman is convinced that despite the penalty he can still grab a decent points haul. 'Last year we started from the back and overtaking didn't seem like a big problem around here,' he told reporters. 'Maybe the midfield teams are a little...
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