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Button set for 25-place grid penalty

Jenson Button will join Fernando Alonso in taking grid penalties and a race penalty after McLaren-Honda opted to change four power unit components ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix. Problems during the closing stages of FP2 prompted Button to predict he will undergo penalties, but this has now been confirmed as a new ICE, MGU-K, MGU-H and turbocharger, all of which have resulted in him landing a penalty, which added up results in 25 positions. Since he cannot take that penalty in grid positions alone, Button is certain to take a time penalty in the race as well, marking the second event in succession he has been forced to do so. Furthermore, in what is turning out to be a nadir for...
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