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Palmer gets gearbox change penalty

Jolyon Palmer has been hit with a five-place grid penalty for Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix after a Renault gearbox change forced by a qualifying failure. Palmer made it into Q3 for only the second time this season on Saturday, but stopped on track before he even started a flying lap with a reported loss of gearbox oil pressure. He had set two times in the second part of qualifying that would have been good enough for seventh on the grid ahead of teammate Nico Hulkenberg, and said his qualifying was "perfect" until the problem. The five-place grid penalty drops Palmer behind Fernando Alonso, Romain Grosjean, Kevin Magnussen, Carlos Sainz and Lance Stroll. Speaking after the...
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