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Alonso and Ricciardo get penalties for fifth engine

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso will start the Austrian Grand Prix from the back of the grid and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo dropped 10 places because they used up their four allocated engines. Alonso has taken his fifth Honda power unit and Ricciardo his fifth Renault unit. Teams are allowed only four per driver for the season before incurring penalties. Alonso's drop of 20 places was greater because the Spanish driver was also using a fifth turbocharger and a fifth MGU-H - an exhaust energy recovery system - each of which incur further five-place drops. Alonso faces further time penalties unless he qualifies on pole position -- because otherwise he would not be able to drop the...
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