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Vandoorne hit with 15-place grid penalty
Stoffel Vandoorne's miserable start to the season with McLaren-Honda has continued after the Belgian received a 15-place grid penalty for the Russian Grand Prix. Vandoorne and Alonso had both received more MGU-H updates ahead of this race weekend with Honda hoping that it would lead to more reliable running. However, with five minutes of FP1 remaining in Sochi, Vandoorne experienced yet more loss of power and Honda have sinced identified a fresh problem with the MGU-K component. Due to the lack of time to fix the specific issue between the first and second practice session, McLaren-Honda have opted to give Vandoorne a brand-new power unit apart from the battery and control electronics. The...
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