McLaren Hit With Combined 50 Place Grid Penalty Before Austrian GP

McLaren-Honda have been hit with a combined 50 place grid penalty.

Even before qualifying began for McLaren-Honda’s Formula 1 team, both drivers face a combined 50 grid penalty before the 2015 Austrian Grand Prix. Fernando Alsono’s penalty tally reached a staggering 25 places during final practice as McLaren were suddenly forced to change his entire gearbox unit on top of an engine change earlier. Then Jenson Button dropped 10 places for switching out a turbo (his 6th one this season), five places for a whole new ICE unit , five a piece for another new MGU-H and K units (Motor Generator Unit.) In addition, both drivers will also receive a drive through or stop and go penalty. That means even if by some stroke of luck, both drivers finish first and second in qualifying, both will have to start out at the back of the grid, and on top of that both would have to perform a drive through penalty.