Lewis Hamilton is on the cusp of earning engine change grid penalties after taking a complete new power unit for this weekend. Due to earlier problems, this means he is now on his fifth turbo, and fifth MGU-H. As soon as he takes a sixth example of either, penalties will result. That might not happen in the short term, as he also has previously used examples which still have some life in them, and which can go back on the car. However, Hamilton is resigned to collecting penalties at some point. The new power unit will also be his fourth CE (control electronics), fourth ES (energy store), third ICE (the V6), and third MGU-K. Nico Rosberg is also taking a complete new power unit in Austria,...
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