Hamilton determined to ‘minimise impact’ of penalty

Lewis Hamilton has vowed to do all he can to “minimise the impact” after Mercedes confirmed that he will take an engine penalty at the Belgian GP.

A spate of reliability issues early in the season meant that Hamilton had already used five turbocharger and MGU-H components.

Under Formula 1 regulations, a sixth element comes with an automatic 10-place grid penalty, while another five-place penalty is added if a sixth is used at the same race weekend.

Mercedes announced on Thursday that Hamilton would take the hit at Spa.

“It is safe to assume he will start from the back of the field or very close but we cannot be more precise at this stage,” said a …

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