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Fernando Alonso expects grid penalty in Baku

Fernando Alonso is expecting another grid penalty at this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix after suffering more Honda reliability issues at the last round in Canada.

Ongoing issues with Honda's power unit have seen McLaren suffer a spate of failures throughout the season and Alonso's car most recently took a grid penalty at the Monaco Grand Prix for exceeding its season-long quota of four turbochargers and four MGU-Hs (albeit while Jenson Button was substituting for Alonso). Following another failure in the final few laps of the Canadian Grand Prix, Alonso is expecting to exceed another of his car's quotas in Baku this weekend.