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Honda brings update to Spa, Vandoorne receives grid penalty

Related Topics: Stoffel Vandoorne, Honda, patch

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Honda is running updated power units on both McLaren cars at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso escapes a penalty as his upgrades have been fitted to his previous power unit, but Stoffel Vandoorne will take a 35-place penalty on Sunday as a his coincides with a scheduled engine change and features an additional small update for reliability.

Alonso's upgrade has been dubbed "spec 3.5" by the Honda, whereas Vandoorne's is known as "spec 3.6" -- the original "spec 3" was first tested in Baku by Alonso and raced by both drivers from Austria onwards.