World champion Lando Norris handed 10-place grid penalty for Belgian Grand Prix

[p]The ‌Briton started last year's race on ‌pole position but McLaren have been off the ‌pace this season and are currently third ‌overall behind leaders Mercedes and Ferrari.[/p][p]Drivers are allowed three power electronics units per season and the ‌change exceeds the limit, triggering the ⁠mandatory penalty.[/p][p]McLaren ‌said the first unit suffered a terminal failure in ​China in March, leaving [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/norris-lando/WSVABbVF/"]Norris[/a] unable to start that race.[/p][embed guid="bab5f41b-6f83-4820-95d1-f48502ec0ffe" url="https://x.com/F1/status/2077433258204082263" social-type="twitter" /][p]The second unit ​was fitted for the Japanese Grand Prix, also in March, but had to be ⁠withdrawn for remedial ​work after issues in free practice.[/p][p]It was repaired but then suffered a terminal issue in Monaco practice in June.[/p][p][b]"While the power electronics ‌unit we installed in Japan, and have used in every session since Miami, has worked reliably, Mercedes - AMG High Performance Powertrains has since introduced a series of reliability fixes,"[/b] the team said.[/p][p]"However, in order to take advantage of these improvements, we must incur a 10-place grid penalty on Lando's car ‌in order to take a new unit.[/p][p][b]"We ​have chosen to do this in ‌Belgium, a circuit where overtaking is relatively more prevalent, as opposed to the following two events in Hungary and Zandvoort (Netherlands),"[/b] the team added.[/p][p]McLaren said they planned to ⁠use this fourth ⁠unit for the ‌remainder of the season.[/p]