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Hamilton racks up the grid penalties after further engine change in FP2

The Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 team have confirmed that driver Lewis Hamilton will receive a further fifteen place grid penalty at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix, bringing his current grid drop tally up to thirty, after being given a fresh power unit to use during today's FP2 session. The current world champion has now used five ICE and MGU-K components, but is on to his seventh MGU-H and turbocharger, the latter of which have brought about the further penalty forfeit for exceeding the five component limit. The German team decided it would make sense to allow the Brit to use a further fresh engine this weekend and take the hit all in one go, so that he would then have two engines...
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