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Application of engine penalties tweaked for 2019 F1 season

The manner in which engine grid penalties will be applied in Formula 1 has been tweaked for 2019. Under current regulations drivers are penalised should they exceed their season allocation of power unit components. Each driver is permitted three Internal Combustion Engines, MGU-Hs and Turbochargers, and just two Energy Stores, Control Electronics and MGU-Ks. Should an individual sanction exceed 15 positions, in effect taking on an entirely fresh power unit, they are automatically relegated to the back of the grid. But on occasion in 2018 more than one driver took up such a sanction, meaning multiple participants were in effect issued with the same penalty. That meant that penalised drivers...
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