Hamilton, Alonso, Ericsson suffer F1 grid penalties at Spa
Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Marcus Ericsson have all logged grid penalties in Spa for taking sixth power unit elements.
Hamilton took a sixth turbo and sixth MGU-H for FP1, which means he gets 15 places, and then repeated the exercise with his seventh elements in FP2, adding 15 more places for a total of 30.
He also has taken a fourth and fifth ICE (V6) and fourth and fifth MGU-K, without penalty.
Mercedes is in effect stockpiling power unit elements for the remainder of the season, so that Hamilton won't get penalties at a future race.
Meanwhile Fernando Alonso has taken his sixth examples of all six elements for FP2. He had his fifth examples fitted for FP1, but suffered a water leak from the ERS and did not set a representative time. All elements used today were off the latest updated spec.
Honda noted: "During FP1, we found a water leak from the ERS. Detailed investigation will follow. However, we have swapped out the whole of PU to ensure Fernando is out and running in FP2."
Alonso will thus take a 35-place penalty for the change.
Finally, Ericsson is penalized 10 places after taking his sixth turbo of the season.
