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Grosjean hit with 20-place grid penalty

Sutton Images Enlarge Romain Grosjean has been hit with a 20-place grid penalty at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which is likely to also result in time penalties during the race. Lotus fitted a new Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), a new Turbocharger (TC) and a Motor Generator Unit -Heat (MGU-H) to his car, all of which were the sixth components of their type used by Grosjean this year. Under the regulations drivers are only allowed to use five of each engine component in their car over the season and using more incurs penalties. The first time a sixth component is fitted the driver receives a 10-place penalty and each sixth component after that incurs a five-place penalty. As a result,...
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