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Bottas set for gearbox change grid penalty
Valtteri Bottas is set to take a five-place grid penalty in the British Grand Prix for a gearbox change, Mercedes has confirmed. Bottas, who won the race at the Red Bull Ring last weekend, led teammate Lewis Hamilton in both of the Friday practice sessions at Silverstone. But the Finn will not be able to challenge for British GP pole position as he will be taking on a new gearbox before he could complete six races with his previous unit. The British GP will thus mark a second weekend in a row that an unscheduled gearbox change has led to a Mercedes driver being penalised. Hamilton was the one sanctioned in Austria, having likewise topped both Friday sessions before the news of his penalty...
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