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No more grid drops? Formula 1 to introduce new power unit penalty for 2023

Every season each F1 team has a set number of engine components that they are allowed to use. Wear and tear, failures and crashes can all lead to a team having to change some of these components going into a race weekend, sometimes even going over the allowed limit. Should a team be forced to go over their allowance for the season, the car in question will receive a grid penalty relative to how many components of the engine have be changed that are over the allowance. While this appears to be a fair punishment for teams exceeding their component quantity, teams have recently been accused of making tactical engine changes, choosing to serve these almost inevitable penalties at tracks where...
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