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Expanded F1 Schedule Increases Calls to Change Grid Penalty Rules

Photo credit: Marco Canoniero - Getty Images
Photo credit: Marco Canoniero - Getty Images

Ferrari F1 team principal Mattia Binotto is asking Formula 1 to consider a change to the sport's penalties for using more than three power units in a season.

After Monza, where the grid order was once again shaken up by a spate of grid penalties for engine component changes, Alpine driver Esteban Ocon also called for a re-think of the rule that penalizes teams grid penalties for excessive engine element changes.

"Obviously no manufacturer is able to provide engines that can withstand so many races," Ocon said. "We want too much. There are too many races."