Lando Norris will lose 10 places on the grid at Spa.

      The Belgian Grand Prix hasn't started yet, but Lando Norris will already lose ten places on the grid for Sunday's race. Such a penalty will be imposed on the McLaren driver because the team decided to change the control electronics unit on his car, installing the fourth one when only three replacements are allowed for the season. "The first control electronics unit on car number 1 failed in China, which prevented Lando from starting the race," McLaren's statement said. "The second control electronics unit on Lando's car, installed in Japan, required removal for repairs after issues arose during free practice. This forced us to switch to the third and final control electronics unit within the allowed limit. After the Japanese Grand Prix, the second unit was repaired, but it failed again during the second practice in Monaco, after which we excluded it from the available components. The unit we installed in Japan and used in every session after Miami worked reliably. However, since then, Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains has implemented a number of solutions to improve the reliability of their new control electronics systems. To take advantage of these improvements, we need to install a new component and incur a penalty of ten grid positions for Lando. We decided to do this in Belgium, where overtaking is relatively easy, rather than at the next two rounds in Hungary and Zandvoort. Now we plan to use this fourth electronics unit until the end of the season to maximize reliability while minimizing sporting penalties for Lando."