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Gearbox change adds to Ricciardo grid penalty
Daniel Ricciardo’s grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix has risen to 25 places after his Red Bull Formula 1 team chose to change his gearbox. The Australian was already set to drop 20 places after he took his fifth internal combustion engine, fifth turbocharger and sixth MGU-H. Ricciardo had hinted previously that Red Bull would take penalties strategically in Italy in order to minimise mileage on the engine for Singapore, where it expects to run well. Red Bull informed the FIA of its intention to change Ricciardo’s gearbox Wednesday morning. That puts him in breach of rules that dictate gearboxes must last six consecutive events The only exceptions to these rules, which yield a...
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