- Lewis Hamilton to start from the pit lane at Azerbaijan Grand Prix
- The seven-time champion originally qualified seventh for Saturday’s race.
- He will be joined by Alpine driver Esteban Ocon, who will also start from the pits.
Lewis Hamilton will start the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the pit lane after Mercedes installed a new engine before the race.
The seven-time world champion qualified seventh on Saturday but the FIA confirmed Hamilton had received his fifth engine of the season, going over the four allocated.
Mercedes have also made changes to the suspension on Hamilton’s car and he will be joined in the pit lane by Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, who has also been fitted with a new engine.
Hamilton’s grid penalty promotes title contender Lando Norris to 15th place.
The McLaren driver was eliminated from the early part of qualifying on Saturday, blaming yellow flags at the exit of the final corner for not being able to set a fast enough time.
Lewis Hamilton to start Azerbaijan Grand Prix from pit lane
The seven-time champion was due to start the race in seventh place but was relegated to the pits after an engine change.
He will be joined in the pit lane by Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, who also had an engine change on his car.
He qualified 17th but will start 15th after Pierre Gasly was disqualified from qualifying because his car was found to have breached FIA technical regulations.
Norris will be looking to limit the damage in his pursuit of Max Verstappen.
He is 62 points behind the three-time world champion, having reduced the Dutchman’s lead by 16 points in the last two races.
Verstappen qualified sixth, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc on pole position, 86 points behind the Red Bull driver in the championship standings.
The race starts at 3:00pm local time (12:00pm BST).
