Kimi Antonelli will start from the Belgian Grand Prix pit-lane after a Mercedes power unit change, RacingNews365 understands.
Antonelli, who was visibly emotional in the post-qualifying media pen, qualified in 18th place after a tricky Sprint section of the weekend, in which he qualified last after a spin.
The Italian is struggling for confidence in his car, with a run of form including five non-scores, four of which were DNFs in the last six races. He finished third in the other in Canada.
For Spa, Antonelli indicated after qualifying that Mercedes would make changes to the car in breach of parc ferme conditions, triggering an automatic pit-lane start.
It is now understood that Mercedes will take a new power unit for Antonelli's car, to replace the one he lost when his engine failed in Spain, with this new unit being the one taken at Spa.
This has yet to be officially confirmed by the FIA.
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