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Alonso set for Sochi penalty after Honda uses remaining tokens

Fernando Alonso will take a grid penalty this weekend at Sochi after it was confirmed he would take Honda’s upgraded engine in his MP4/30 in Russia. Honda have used their four remaining tokens to upgrade their engine, but due to the lack of spares available, only Alonso will be using the new engine at Sochi, with Jenson Button set to receive the update in due course. The tokens have been used to develop and upgrade the internal combustion engine plus the exhaust parts associated with the ICE. Alonso will therefore take a new ICE, turbo, MGU-H and control electronics in Sochi, and will suffer a twenty-five place grid penalty, meaning a back of the grid start for the McLaren-Honda driver....
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