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“Sky Sports News saying it understands that Russell will take on a new power unit on Friday in Singapore, which will see him exceed the season allocation of four for each driver, therefore incurring a penalty that will drop him to the rear of the grid.”

Sky Sports News, read out by James, at 0:35 of “Major Penalty Issued; Legality Of Hamilton & Other's Start In Malaysia Under Scrutiny” on James' Pit Lane’s channel.

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  1. 0:17 Now, this led to questions of would Russell have to take an additional power unit at the upcoming round in Singapore and as a result, take a grid penalty this weekend?
  2. 0:27 Well, it looks like that's the case, with Sky Sports saying that Russell is set to start from the back of the grid at Sunday Singapore Grand Prix,
  3. 0:35 with Sky Sports News saying it understands that Russell will take on a new power unit on Friday in Singapore,
  4. 0:41 which will see him exceed the season allocation of four for each driver, therefore incurring a penalty that will drop him to the rear of the grid.
  5. 0:48 Now, it was expected that Mercedes would bring an engine upgrade under the additional development and upgrade opportunity system
  6. 0:54 at the round after Singapore at the US Grand Prix in Austin, and the idea was for Russell to take an additional power unit in Austin,

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