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Button to take 50-place grid penalty
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Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso will both receive grid penalties ahead of this weekend's United States Grand Prix. Both drivers are being penalised for taking new power units, with Button finally receiving the updated Honda engine. Alonso first tested the update during Friday practice in Sochi - where he also took a grid penalty - before racing it in Austin last weekend, though a reliability issue cost him a chance of points. Button receives the upgrade this weekend and will take two internal combustion engines [ICE] in order to have a big enough pool to choose from for the remaining three races. Button will also take two new MGU-H, MGU-K and turbochargers, with...
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