News Details

Button, Alonso face combined 65 place grid penalty

McLaren are set for another difficult weekend plagued by grid penalties as both Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso will receive new Honda power units for the Mexican Grand Prix. Button is expected to drop 50 places in total as he will take a new ICE, turbocharger, MGU-H and MGU-K for first practice, before swapping it out for further replacements ahead of second practice. This will give the Briton further options should he require a new engine at either the Brazilian or Abu Dhabi races, without incurring a further penalty. Meanwhile Alonso will swap out his Austin engine for a brand new unit after it suffered damage. As a result, the Spaniard dropped out of the points last weekend...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso, Button set for engine change penalties

McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button are set to be hit by...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Alonso and Button get grid penalties

McLaren's Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button face starting Sunday's...
9y ago from BBC.co.uk

Button: I hope Alonso "annihilates me"

Jenson Button hopes that McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso will...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Revised starting grid for 2015 United States Grand Prix

Three penalties has shaken the grid up a little with both Ferraris taking...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez: 2025 Ducati switch the ‘most...

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says his switch to the factory...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alexander Rossi points to loyalty as main reason ECR...

Alexander Rossi is set to embark on a new journey with Ed Carpenter...

Andretti Global's new look takes shape

No description available...
5d ago from Motorsport.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

New name emerges on three-man list of Arsenal transfer...

Arsenal are reportedly assessing their options up front in this January's...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.