News Details

Raikkonen hit with gearbox-change penalty

Kimi Raikkonen will get a five-place grid penalty for the Belgian Grand Prix following a gearbox change ahead of the race. The Finn suffered an engine problem in qualifying that left him 14th on the grid. But Ferrari decided on Sunday to change his gearbox, which means he will get a five place grid drop, dropping him to 17th because of the penalties handed to Max Verstappen and the McLaren drivers. Raikkonen's penalty means that there is a total of 125 grid place drops for the race. As well as the Finn, McLaren duo Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso were handed a 105 place drop for a double engine change. Verstappen has a 10-place penalty for an engine change, while Romain Grosjean dropped...
Full Story »
9y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Grosjean set for gearbox change penalty

Romain Grosjean looks set to be handed a five-place grid penalty for...
9y ago from RichlandF1.com

Belgian GP: Starting grid after penalties

Four drivers were penalised following Belgian Grand Prix qualifying,...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Grosjean gets gearbox penalty

Romain Grosjean's mood was slightly dampened after qualifying at the...
9y ago from PlanetF1.com

Verstappen set for engine-change penalty

Max Verstappen will get a 10-place grid penalty in the Belgian Grand Prix...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Brazil replaces Argentina as 2026 MotoGP calendar...

The 2026 MotoGP calendar has officially been released and the new season...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Motegi remains on MotoGP calendar through 2030

MotoGP has officially confirmed that the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mosquera signs, Rice talks

Morning, happy Friday folks. Arsenal yesterday officially announced the...
2h ago from Arseblog.com

Official: Arsenal confirm the signing of 21-year-old...

Arsenal have officially completed the signing of Cristhian Mosquera from...
3h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Alexander Isak open to leaving Newcastle with...

t;li>Striker not in squad for pre-season friendlies in AsiaCristhian...
8h ago from TheGuardian.com

New signing profile: Cristhian Mosquera

After four arrivals in as many weeks, Arsenal continued their summer...
12h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.