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Vergne hit with Grid Penalty after Suzuka engine change
Jean-Eric Vergne became the second driver (after Pastor Maldonado of Lotus) to receive a ten-place grid penalty this weekend after his Scuderia Toro Rosso team were forced to change the engine in the back of his car for a sixth unit.
The Frenchman has had very little running in Japan, after seeing Max Verstappen make his free practice debut on Friday morning, and then suffering two mechanical issues in the afternoon session on Friday. He managed only three laps on Saturday morning before the team got to work changing his engine.
He initially qualified eleventh, but will start twenty-first on Sunday, and despite his truncated and problem-filled weekend, felt happy with his display in...
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