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McLaren changes engine again, incurs 105 grid penalties
McLaren-Honda has opted to take a second engine change of the weekend for both Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button after exploiting an effective loophole following a change in penalty regulations. Having already taken the hit of a 55 place grid penalty between its two drivers, McLaren-Honda is set to incur a further 50 grid position drops in theory (a total of 105) after both took a new ICE, while Alonso has an eighth turbocharger, an eighth MGU-H and a seventh MGU-K, and Button has a ninth turbocharger and eighth MGU-H. Under regulations earlier in the season, the penalties would have been converted to time penalties in the race, but this was recently scrapped, meaning the harshest penalty...
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