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Honda deliberately took penalty to help Alonso in Hungary
Fernando Alonso says his massive grid penalty for the recent British Grand Prix was taken deliberately to allow him the maximum chance of a big result in the next race. Alonso copped a 30-place penalty at Silverstone, after Honda elected to fit a new engine and turbo plus MGU-H and MGU-K recovery systems to his car after Friday practice. The Spaniard headed into the British GP weekend already facing a five-place penalty for needing a new battery, but added 25 extra spots to his fine thanks to those extra changes. Alonso says the extra new components were fitted with the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix in mind, a race that teammate Stoffel Vandoorne has identified as one of McLaren-Honda's...
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