Carlos Sainz is set to join Toro Rosso's Alexander Albon at the back of the grid for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix. The Thai driver, who didn't take the spec-3 Honda power unit in France last week in order to avoid the same fate as his Toro Rosso teammate, this weekend takes on a new MGU-K, MGU-H and turbo, which means a 15-place demotion. Sainz, who will benefit from the latest upgrade from Renault, will also take on a whole complement of components, McLaren having postponed the change from last week's French Grand Prix to this week. 'That is unfortunately part of the game,' said team boss Andreas Seidl in France last weekend. 'But it is the same for the others, we have seen others are...
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