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Romain Grosjean has been hit with a 20-place grid penalty at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which is likely to also result in time penalties during the race.
Lotus fitted a new Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), a new Turbocharger (TC) and a Motor Generator Unit -Heat (MGU-H) to his car, all of which were the sixth components of their type used by Grosjean this year. Under the regulations drivers are only allowed to use five of each engine component in their car over the season and using more incurs penalties.
The first time a sixth component is fitted the driver receives a 10-place penalty and each sixth component after that incurs a five-place penalty. As a result, Grosjean's total grid penalty adds up to 20, meaning he will start last on the grid.
But that bad news does not end there for Grosjean as power unit grid penalties that are not fully served (because the driver is closer to the back of the grid than the amount of penalty positions he incurs) are carried over to the next event. As Abu Dhabi is the final event, the FIA have ruled that any remaining grid positions will be served via time penalties during the race.
1-5 unserved grid positions will result in a five-second time penalty, 6-10 unserved positions will result in a 10-second time penalty and 11-20 will result in a drive-through penalty. Given the performance of the Lotus this season, it is unlikely Grosjean will break into the top ten which would result in a drive-through penalty during the race.
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http://en.espnf1.com/abudhabi/motors...hElP6VB2xUd.99