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Bottas and Gutierrez set for grid penalties
Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Gutierrez are both set to take five-place grid penalties for the Australian Grand Prix.Gutierrez complained of a gearbox issue early in FP3 and stopped on track before regaining drive and making it back to the pits. However, the problem ended his session and Sauber confirmed a gearbox change would be required, leading to the automatic five-place penalty.At Williams, Bottas only completed two laps in the final practice session before remaining in the pits and the team later confirmed via Twitter that he too would require a new gearbox ahead of qualifying. The Williams pace was not seen in FP3, with Bottas not running and Felipe Massa failing to set a time on soft...
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