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Honda to use penalty-free upgrade in Hungary
Honda is unveiling a 'token-free' engine upgrade in Hungary and the McLaren drivers will even dodge penalties for racing it. At the recent World Motor Sport Council meeting, it was agreed that F1 returnee Honda's allocation of four engines per driver should be increased to five in 2015. But given that Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button have already served now-unnecessary penalties for fitting their then-unscheduled fifth engines, McLaren-Honda sought clarification about how those penalties will be 'paid back' in light of the rule tweak. The solution now emerges. According to Spain's Marca daily, the Honda upgrade in Hungary - reportedly featuring changes to the internal combustion engine -...
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