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Red Bull think Hamilton was 'forced' to take grid penalty in Turkey

Article To news overview © Red Bull Content Pool / Getty Images Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner believes Lewis Hamilton was "forced" to use a fourth engine at the Turkish Grand Prix, rather than the decision being a strategical choice from Mercedes. Hamilton's W12 has been fitted with a fresh Internal Combustion Engine for the Istanbul weekend, so he will incur a 10-grid place penalty for Sunday's race. "From what we understand [it was] more of a forced choice rather than a selected choice," Horner told Sky Sports. "So obviously you've seen that they've had issues with some of their other teams as well. It doesn't affect us and what we're doing but it...
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