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Austria shunt means engine change for Alonso at Silverstone

Fernando Alonso will have yet another engine change this time for the British Grand Prix but Honda said the McLaren driver will escape a grid penalty because the damaged unit will be replaced with used components. Alonso and teammate Jenson Button were handed 25 place penalties at the previous race in Austria after using their fifth power units of the season, one more than Formula One's allocation for the season. Alonso, who returned to McLaren at the end of last year after five seasons with Ferrari, then failed to complete a lap during the race after former teammate Kimi Raikkonen crashed into him. 'In Spielberg, Fernando was involved in an accident on the first lap of the race, and...
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