Last year's race winner Valtteri Bottas will start Sunday's Russian Grand Prix from 16th place after Mercedes changed his car's engine and power unit components.
The 15-place drop for Bottas from seventh in qualifying would normally have sent the Finn to the back of the grid but Verstappen, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, Williams Nicholas Latifi and Alfa Romeo's Antonio Giovinazzi also have penalties and will all start behind him.Mercedes lead Red Bull by 18 points in the constructors' standings after 14 of 22 rounds.
Asked whether he felt Mercedes might try and use Bottas to block him from making up positions, Verstappen said that was a question for them to answer.
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