Hartley to start last after engine penalties

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14:36, 23 Jun 2018

Brendon Hartley’s difficult season is set to continue after Honda had to change all six of his engine components on Friday. The New Zealander is the first driver to suffer engine penalties this season.

The engine penalties on Hartley’s Honda powered Toro Rosso come just days after Red Bull announced they were switching to Honda engines for next season.

Hartley was put out of FP2 in the last ten minutes and it turned out to be a pretty big problem.

He has only scored points once in his first full F1 season, with a 10th placed finish at the crazy Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.

There were rumours that his seat was under threat, although he has claimed to be unfazed by these.

A collision with Lance Stroll put him out of the last race in Canada after qualifying 12th, and he will have another tough race tomorrow in the South of France if he wants to add to his one point so far.

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Update - As for the PU issue encountered yesterday in Brendon’s car, we have now sent it back to Japan for further investigation. We have changed all 6 components last night, therefore Brendon will start from the back of the Grid because of the penalties we incurred #FrenchGP

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	131
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	72
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	48
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	20
9	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	16
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	14
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
14	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	5
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	1
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0

Hartley to start last after engine penalties

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