F1: Vettel gets another five-place grid penalty

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel will serve a second successive five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change at the British Grand Prix.

Vettel sustained a problem with the gearbox at the end of final practice at Silverstone, issuing a message over the radio in which he said: "OK, I think we failed the gearbox again."

Ferrari has changed the gearbox as a precaution, and is to investigate the matter next week, but it means Vettel will again drop five places for Sunday's race.

Prior to the Austrian Grand Prix, Ferrari had to change the gearbox on Friday as it discovered an issue it felt could have resulted in a failure.

Although no problems were encountered during the previous European Grand Prix in Azerbaijan, where Vettel finished second behind Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, an investigation of the car's systems found a potential issue.

Originally on Autosport.com