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Whiting says Honda exploited good faith of new rules
F1 Technical Departmen chief Charlie Whiting has admitted the new Formula 1 rule scrapping in-race penalties was exploited by McLaren-Honda last weekend in Belgium. After fans decried the grid penalties that spilled into in-race penalties for cars falling foul of the long-life engine rules this year, the FIA agreed to a tweak. For McLaren-Honda at Spa, it meant the team could rack up penalties totalling an incredible 100-plus grid demotions for changing engines throughout the weekend, but never fall lower than last place on the grid. Team managing director Jonathan Neale said it was a 'strategy to get more engines in the pool to give us a clearer run' into the second half of the season....
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