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British GP: More engine penalties looming for Alonso

This weekend will not be a happy home grand prix for McLaren. The British team's season hit new lows in Canada and Austria, and the hits will keep on coming this weekend at Silverstone. 'It's never the way you want to get to the British grand prix after the two weekends we've had,' said Jenson Button, 'but the reason for last weekend is I didn't want to take penalties at Silverstone.' He is referring to his 25-position grid penalty after running through his allocation of four ‘power units' for the season, amid Honda's disastrous return to F1 this year. And the bad run is not over yet. Honda admitted on Tuesday that Fernando Alonso's first-lap crash in Austria damaged his brand new...
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