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Hamilton set for grid demotion

Lewis Hamilton is 'likely' to take a grid penalty at this weekend's Belgian GP, according to his Mercedes team. The demotion, which at a minimum will be worth at least ten places, is a hangover from the reliability woes that Hamilton suffered at the start of the season. The three-time world champion currently leads this year's title race by 19 points from team-mate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton has reached the penalty-free limit for two of the six power-unit elements that the current rulebook regard as making up an F1 engine. A 10-place grid penalty is then applied whenever a sixth unit of any of those elements is first used by a driver. A five-place penalty is then imposed the...
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