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Grid penalty for Albon on Red Bull debut

Alexander Albon's Red Bull debut is off to a bad start with news that he will have a grid penalty for taking on Honda's new Spec 4 engine. Albon will contest his first race for Red Bull at Spa this weekend, having been called up to replace the under-fire Pierre Gasly. Under F1 regulations the Thai-British keeps all the points he scored in first 12 of this season but, given that he is taking on Gasly's RB15, he gets the Frenchman's engine allocation. As such Albon, joining Daniil Kvyat in taking on the Spec 4 in Belgium, will have grid penalties. Honda’s F1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe said: 'We are introducing the Spec 4 version of our PU at this event. 'As usual, we have focused...
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