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Confirmed Belgian Grand Prix grid penalty for Alonso
Fernando Alonso will receive a thirty-five place grid penalty for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, which will see him start from the back of the grid, after the McLaren-Honda F1 Team decided to change his engine following a water leak in the ERS, sustained during FP1. It had been thought that the Spaniard would switch to an old engine specification for FP2 so as not to incur any penalties, but the Woking based squad opted to use an all new power unit, which will see the double world champion take a new ICE, MGU-H, MGU-K, turbo, control electronics and energy store, his sixth of each component, hence the rather large grid penalty. It does mean that Alonso will get to use the upgraded...
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