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Alonso faces hefty grid demotion
Fernando Alonso is set to start the Austrian GP at the back of the grid as a result of a strategic decision by his McLaren-Honda team to take an engine penalty this weekend. The Spaniard's car will, however, be armed with the new short nose that the team are introducing at the Red Bull Ring after it passed the mandatory crash test last week. With just one new Honda power unit available, Jenson Button's car will be fitted with the older – and longer – nose specification. Alonso and Button's roles were reversed earlier in the season when the Englishman was given first use of the upgrade McLaren brought to China in April. Alonso, who has yet to trouble the scorers since returning...
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