Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton is set to receive a five-place grid penalty at the Austrian Grand Prix due to an unscheduled gearbox change.
A document issued by the FIA on tonight (Friday evening) confirmed the change. The standard penalty would be five grid positions.
A statement, which, is a quite a turnaround in a week, when in post race Canadian interviews where Wolff (in my opinion tried to take the pressure off his team) TJ13 reported his statement that his team were now “underdogs” in the 2017 campaign.
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Mansell told Reuters that Ferrari had done “an absolutely outstanding job through the winter to come out and challenge Mercedes like they have” and was delighted for his old team, he added “But now it’s going to be a race on development…
“And one thing is clear: Vettel needs to retire at least once, otherwise it’s over.”
“Ferrari has got a momentum going.”
“If it stays like this the gap will become huge – alarming.”
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