Alonso first racer with penalty for changing engine this year

Fernando Alonso will start his home race for the Spanish Grand Prix from the start of the starting line-up, as his powertrain was replaced in his race car before the race in Barcelona.

The Spaniard won only seventeenth place, which is his worst ranking in the qualifiers since the 2001 season, when he started his career as a Formula 1 racer with Minardi, and the Alpine team decided to replace the internal combustion engine, turbocharger, MGU-H , MGU-K, energy storage system and exhaust system.

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