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Grid penalty for Bianchi

Jules Bianchi has been forced to take a gearbox change ahead of this afternoon's grand prix. The Frenchman qualified nineteenth on the grid and claimed he could have progressed to the second phase of qualifying if not for the yellow flag for Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Massa.Overnight inspections from the team however found a problem, which it confirmed on Twitter. 'Having spent some time looking at Jules' g'box last night, we have found a problem & had to change it this morning,' the team revealed.Bianchi will officially incur a five-place grid penalty as a result of the change; though in reality will only drop two spots as a result of Marcus Ericsson starting the race from the pit lane...
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