Both Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button are set to take more grid penalties at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza this weekend as Honda contemplate introducing a ninth power unit to each McLaren. After a double engine change last time out at Spa-Francorchamps, where Alonso was handed a 55-place grid penalty and Button a fifty-place drop, both drivers are set once again to fall down the grid this weekend in Italy. Unlike in Belgium however, McLaren are not set to make a double change, meaning a less harsh penalty for the race in Italy for a race where the team are already expecting to struggle, especially in terms of straight-line speed. The move to change to a ninth unit means the team will have...
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