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Button onto second Honda engine in Shanghai
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Honda’s head of F1 project Yusuke Hasegawa has confirmed that McLaren driver Jenson Button will have to use a second internal combustion engine (ICE) during this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. The Briton reported unusual noises on his power unit in Bahrain, with Button ultimately forced into retirement on lap seven of the Sakhir race. Honda initially told F1i the root of the problem was unknown and sent the engine back to Japan for analysis. F1 drivers are only allowed five entire power units across the 2016 season, though engine suppliers can fit older elements (ICE, MGU-H, MGU-K, turbine, etc.) on a new unit in a mix-and-match system. “There was a mechanical...
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