+ Romain Grosjean has been handed a 20-place grid penalty after using his sixth engine of the season. Lotus opted to fit a sixth internal combustion engine, turbocharger and MGU-H to the Frenchman’s car ahead of the 2014 season finale in Abu Dhabi, exceeding the five power unit element allowance permitted by the 2014 technical regulations. Grosjean will drop 20 positions on the grid, with any remaining positions to be taken in the form of a time penalty during the race. He will take a five second time penalty should he carry over five or less positions, a ten second penalty for six to ten positions, a drive-through for 11-20 positions and a 10 second stop/go penalty if he should have to...
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