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Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley gets another grid penalty in Abu Dhabi

Brendon Hartley's run of grid penalties in his early Formula 1 races will continue in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with another power unit element change for his Toro Rosso-Renault.

With Renault struggling to find sufficient race-worthy parts, Hartley has taken a ninth MGU-H.

As it is the first time his car has taken a ninth element, he will be docked 10 places.

Hartley has already had grid penalties of between 10 and 25 places at each of his three F1 races so far.

Toro Rosso is fighting to hold on to its sixth place in the constructors' championship this weekend, with Renault and Haas both close behind, and up to $6.5million in F1 prize money at stake if Toro Rosso falls back to eighth.

Hartley's team-mate Pierre Gasly has told Autosport he is confident that he will be able to get through the weekend without any penalties.

Zdroj: autosport.com