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Bottas gets five-place gearbox grid drop
– Valtteri Bottas has been hit with a five-place grid penalty for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after being forced on to take on a new gearbox.Bottas qualified 11th, but will now start 16th after Williams mechanics discovered damage to his unit following Saturday afternoon's qualifying session.Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button thus move up to 11th and 12th, Jolyon Palmer and Kevin Magnussen to 13th and 14th, and Marcus Ericsson to 15th."Team has found a problem with my gearbox so it will be changed. Unfortunately that is a five-place grid penalty. Lets do some overtakes then!" said Bottas via Twitter.Williams has also been reprimanded by the stewards after...
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