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Honda running MGU-H reliability update at Silverstone

Honda has been running with a revised MGU-H that features reliability tweaks in this weekend's British Grand Prix. The Japanese manufacturer has suffered a string of failures with that particular engine component so far this season. The latest failure in Austria was an upgraded spec part that had been introduced in Baku as a countermeasure to a previous issue that centred around the bearing. Following investigations at Honda's Japanese base at Sakura this week, the engine supplier identified the problem and the fix required did not necessitate a penalty. As a result, both Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne are running the latest spec MGU-H at Silverstone. "There is a mechanical...
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