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Vettel concedes engine penalties inevitable
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Sebastian Vettel has admitted that he will face grid penalties during the second half of the season after suffering from another dismal day in his title defence.
Vettel suffered from a burnt exhaust during the first session and he was forced to miss the second session at Spa Francorchamps as Red Bull evaluated the damage to his RB10.
Drivers are only permitted to use five of each of the six parts to the Power Unit across the duration of the campaign, but Vettel's problems so far this year means that Vettel is already onto a fifth MGU-K.
If a driver uses a sixth version of one part, then they face a 10 place grid drop.
"We'll have to pull an extra engine anyway,...
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