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Honda imposes 'tactical' engine change on Hartley
Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley will take on another Honda power unit - his fifth so far this season - for this afternoon's Austrian Grand Prix. The Kiwi has well exceeded his three-unit allocation limit, so he will therefore start his race from dead last on the grid, after qualifying 19th. Honda revealed on social media that the change was a tactical one given Hartley's tail-end qualifying performance. "We are changing all the components on Brendon’s car prior to the race," Honda said; "This is for tactical reasons, given that he qualified on the back row. There were no technical issues with the [power unit] on Saturday." Vettel handed three-place grid penalty for...
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