Mercedes would not rule out Formula 1 title contender Lewis Hamilton taking another engine penalty this season, after team mate Valtteri Bottas incurred a five-place drop at the U.S. Grand Prix on Friday. Bottas, who was fastest in first practice for Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix at Austin's Circuit of the Americas, is now using his sixth engine — three more than he is allowed for the season. The Finn already had grid penalties at the Italian and Russian Grands Prix for exceeding his allocation. Hamilton took a 10-place penalty at this month's Turkish Grand Prix for using a fourth engine and Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff would not rule out the seven times world champion having to do it...
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