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Engine penalties to be relaxed from Hungarian GP

The FIA's World Motor Sport Council has approved a new set of penalties for exceeding power unit allocation following recent criticism that they're too harsh. At the recent Austrian Grand Prix, McLaren's Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso took on a combined 50-place grid penalty after they used a fifth engine - exceeding the four each driver is allocated for the entire season. With both drivers unable to drop more than a handful of places, they were also given additional time penalties which must be served during the race. Under new rules agreed by the F1 Strategy Group and green-lighted on Friday by the WMSC, the most severe penalty a driver can serve for exceeding their...
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