News Details

Alonso faces hefty grid drop for new PU

– McLaren-Honda driver Fernando Alonso faces a grid drop worth 35 places at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix, having taken on a brand new power unit after Friday's first practice session.Alonso and team-mate Jenson Button moved on to their fifth new power units at Spa-Francorchamps, incorporating Honda's seven-token spend on ICE and Turbocharger updates.Alonso, however, was restricted to just three out-in laps in FP1, amid technical trouble, with the team subsequently electing to fit another new power unit to his car for the remainder of the event.Alonso will receive a 10-place penalty for using a sixth element for the first time, and additional five-place drops for swapping each of...
Full Story »
8y ago from GPUpdate.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

10-place grid drop for Ericsson for power unit penalty

 XPB Images Marcus Ericsson will take a 10-place grid penalty...
8y ago from F1i.com

Mercedes confirms Lewis Hamilton will take grid...

Mercedes have confirmed that Lewis Hamilton will take a grid penalty...
8y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Hamilton engine penalty 'likely' in Belgium

– Mercedes has stated that Lewis Hamilton is "likely" to...
8y ago from GPUpdate.net

Hamilton guaranteed 15-place grid drop at least

Mercedes has confirmed Lewis Hamilton will take at least 15 positions...
8y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez fights back to take victory in Mugello...

Marc Marquez was forced to fight back from fifth off the starting grid to...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Christian Lundgaard tackles the heat best in second...

Saturday morning was reserved for a second IndyCar practice session on...
44m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Kyle Kirkwood blasts to top in IndyCar practice from...

After finishing the season’s first short oval under the lights on...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Michael Cannon already strengthening DCR team –...

Rinus VeeKay is already noticing the impact engineer Michael Cannon is...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“At one point we almost had no players” - Jurrien...

Jurrien Timber is expecting a busy transfer window for Arsenal, with the...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Real Madrid ready to put Rodrygo and 3 other first...

Real Madrid are ready to offload Rodrygo Goes, Fran Garcia, Dani Ceballos,...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal initiate move to sign playmaker regarded as a...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal could launch surprise move for 31-year-old...

Arsenal could reportedly launch a move for Brentford midfielder Christian...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.