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No more race penalties for untaken grid places
Formula 1 drivers will no longer get extra race penalties for untaken power unit grid penalties, the Strategy Group has decided. For this season, the rules will change so that untaken places can generate five and 10-second time penalties, drive-through penalties and stop-and-go penalties for drivers who have in any case been demoted to the back of the grid. That has proved hugely unpopular with the public. From now on the intention is that the severest penalty will be a back-of-the-grid start. Motorsport.com understands the change will be introduced from this weekend, if it can be fast-tracked through. "That's a sensible outcome," Christian Horner told Motorsport.com....
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