Sebastian Vettel has admitted he is at risk of the "bad surprise" of a grid penalty at this week's Japanese GP due to his bizarre crash with Lance Stroll in Malaysia. Vettel and Stroll collided after the chequered flag at Sepang with the world championship contender's car suffering severe damage. Ferrari have already flown the gearbox from Vettel's car back to their Maranello base for inspection. If it is deemed too badly damaged to be used this weekend a change of unit would trigger an automatic five-place grid penalty against Vettel at Suzuka. F1's regulations state that a gearbox must complete six grands prix, with an automatic five-place grid demotion if they are changed out...
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