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Button to collect 25 place grid penalty
McLaren's Jenson Button will have a 25 place grid penalty – on a grid of only 20 cars – after having a change of power unit ahead of Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix. The penalty, Button's second in a row after a 15 place drop in Canada, will translate in part into time penalties during the race due to the impossibility of the Briton dropping any further than 20th. In a farcical turn of events, triggered by regulations that stipulate drivers must make four engines last the entire season or pay a penalty, Button and teammate Fernando Alonso will theoretically be demoted 45 places between them. The Spaniard was handed a 20 place penalty on Friday after McLaren changed his engine and two of...
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