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Honda faces Alonso Spec 3 engine dilemma for British GP

Honda faces a dilemma over whether it should take further grid penalties on Fernando Alonso’s McLaren at the British Grand Prix after suffering further failures in Austria. Both Alonso and teammate Stoffel Vandoorne’s cars were fitted with the new more-powerful ‘Spec 3’ internal combustion engine for the Austrian GP weekend. But overnight on Friday, Honda discovered a problem with the MGU-H - an upgraded spec that was introduced last time out in Baku as a countermeasure to a previous issue that centred around the bearing.  While the rest of the ‘Spec 3’ engine was fine, Honda chose to revert to a ‘Spec 2’ power unit for the remainder of the Red Bull Ring event as it saved...
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