News Details

Gearbox grid penalty adds to Vettel's pain

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel is set to start Sunday’s race in Spain from a lowly 15th place after Red Bull had to change the gearbox on his car following his problems in qualifying.Vettel qualified 10th in Barcelona after coming to halt on track early in Q3 with transmission issues. The German will now drop to 15th thanks to the five-place grid penalty applicable when a gearbox fails to last six consecutive events.It means Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez, Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat, Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez and McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen all move up one in the starting order, to places 10 to 14 respectively.For tickets to 2014...
Full Story »
12y ago from Formula1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ricciardo aims for podium, Vettel halted by gearbox...

Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo did the best he could and qualified in...
12y ago from F1Technical.net

Vettel's struggles mount, hit with five-place grid...

For the second time in two days, defending champion Sebastian Vettel had...
12y ago from F1Pulse.com

Chassis change for Vettel

Sebastian Vettel will race with a new RB10 chassis in Barcelona this...
12y ago from SkySports.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar video game delayed until 2027

iRacing and IndyCar have announced more details surrounding the upcoming...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“100 per cent I’m taking him” - Rio Ferdinand...

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has urged his former club and...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal reconsider move for Arteta's top target after...

Arsenal’s pursuit of another elite midfielder has reached an unexpected...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Ambitious. Fast. Smart.

Morning all. The first World Cup semi-final takes place this evening, as...
6h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Lewis Hamilton told to go SLOWER on F1 track by circuit...

A Madring Circuit official has revealed the first... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com

F1: Belgian Grand Prix: Preview - Haas

We've operated at a high level in the last few... Read More »
2h ago from Pitpass.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.