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Vandoorne moves on to 65-place grid penalty

– Honda has been forced to fit a ninth power unit to Stoffel Vandoorne's MCL32 for the remainder of the Belgian Grand Prix, meaning he is now up to a 65-place grid penalty.Vandoorne took on several new components for his home race, leading to a 35-place drop, with Honda introducing a Spec 3.6 power unit, after it failed to introduce the Spec 4 version.A gearbox sanction moved Vandoorne to a 40-place drop, but he will now be docked an additional 25 positions.Following Friday practice, a "potential issue" was detected, and his car has been fitted with a ninth MGU-H, a ninth Turbocharger, along with a sixth Internal Combustion Engine and sixth MGU-K.As a result, Vandoorne will...
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