Honda has revealed that all four drivers powered by its engines will take grid penalties in Sochi this weekend.

"Looking at our PU usage for the rest of the season, in Sochi all 4 drivers will get a new Spec 4 ICE," the Japanese manufacturer revealed on social media this morning.

"With a different replacement history, Kvyat is changing all elements except the battery," it added. "He will start from the back of the grid."

"The other 3 will get 5 place grid penalties."

Heading into the weekend knowing that they face grid penalties is bad enough, but for Kvyat to start his home race from the back of the grid will be galling.

Of course, the next race is in Japan, and Honda will want to be as far up the grid as possible.

Though reliability has been good this season, the Japanese manufacturer's continued development of its power unit means that all four drivers have used more units than most of the rivals.

This weekend's update will see Verstappen take his fifth ICE, fourth turbocharger and MGU-H, while the Mercedes and Ferrari duos are all on their third units.

Kvyat's new unit will be his sixth of the season, while Gasly, who inherited Alex Albon's allocation when they swapped seats, is now on his seventh.

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1. Posted by stackvideo, 26/09/2019 22:07

"And both Hamilton and Bottas have also been handed a 35 place grid penalty as they will both be changing their underpants for Sundays race."

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2. Posted by F1 Yank, 26/09/2019 19:22

"Yeah, this becomes very complicated especially with the "components" being added up. MGU-K, MGU-H, ICE, Turbo Charger, Energy Store, Control Electronics. Not sure if they should up the number of total components per car or leave it as is. It takes $$ to engineer reliability. Performance and reliability are pretty critical especially when it comes to bagging additional F1 points and payout. Cooling these things are probably a disaster since aerodynamics don't allow for any room for air flow. I remember when they use to have separate engines for practice, qualifying and race. Less time in R&D for reliability more to power generation. Perhaps they should give that a try again!! 3x Power units per car per race weekend!!"

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3. Posted by nonickname, 26/09/2019 11:13

"It just goes to show that engine penalties are yet another wast of time for f1.
No manufacturer gives a shit.
So, need a new engine? put it in and take a penalty.
As useless as sending Ricardo to the back for his 'infringement' of the rules.
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