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Hulkenberg gets B-spec engine… and a grid penalty

Renault has opted to upgrade Nico Hulkenberg's R.S.19 to its latest B-spec engine, a change that will unfortunately equate to a five-spot grid penalty for the German. Renault supplied its new unit to Daniel Ricciardo in France because the change was free of any penalties for the Aussie. Hulkenberg's grid demotion in Austria is inevitable however as reliability issues earlier this season had already boosted his ICE count to four elements. Sainz and Albon hit with grid penalties in Austria Hulkenberg concluded his day of running on Friday well out of the top-ten, puzzled by his car's lack of pace. "The car lacked pace and there’s a bit of a question mark as to why," said the...
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