Lewis Hamilton will take a five-place grid penalty at the Bahrain Grand Prix as a result of an unscheduled gearbox change.After an FIA document revealed a new gearbox for the four-time world champion, Mercedes confirmed to RACER that Hamilton had been "very lucky to finish in Melbourne", with a hydraulic...

Ferrari has opted to fit a new power unit and gearbox to Sebastian Vettel's Formula 1 car ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix.The team is taking what is effectively a free penalty after Vettel qualified last at the Marina Bay street circuit due to what the four-time champion described as...

Romain Grosjean is set to take a five-place grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix after his Haas Formula 1 team changed his gearbox.The Frenchman spun off the track at Ascari during final practice and ended the session 14th quickest. Following an investigation, Haas chose to change the gearbox before...

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen is to receive a five-place grid penalty for this weekend's Formula 1 grand prix in Monaco.The team has confirmed Raikkonen was handed a new gearbox prior to qualifying around the streets of the principality, so incurring the five-place demotion.Raikkonen was considerably off the pace in final practice,...

Ferrari says there is no indication of damage to Sebastian Vettel's Formula 1 power unit from his crash with Daniil Kvyat in the Russian Grand Prix.Kvyat locked up and hit Vettel's Ferrari under braking for Turn 2 on lap one of last weekend's Sochi race. Both continued but Kvyat hit...

Formula1.com - Latest NewsLewis Hamilton will drop five places on the grid for Sunday's German race after Mercedes decided to change the gearbox on his car because of damage incurred in his qualifying accident at Hockenheim.“The guys are working on the car now to repair everything for the race,” said...

Mark Webber described the problems with his Red Bull in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying as "stupid and embarrassing."An electronic issue both prevented the car's KERS from working, and affected its gearshift system. Webber still made it through to Q3, but Red Bull decided not to run in the pole segment...