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Grid penalties for Button and Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen's hopes of challenging the Mercedes duo have taken a major hit after his team opted to change his gearbox. With teammate Sebastian Vettel, who qualified fourth, demoted three places following the first lap incident in Sepang, Raikkonen's five-place penalty is a further blow to the Italian team. 'The gearbox has been replaced with the approval of the FIA technical delegate following a written request from the team concerned (requested on 09 October 2016 at 09:04 hours), this being in accordance with Article 34.2 of the 2016 Formula One Sporting Regulations,' said the official FIA statement confirming the penalty. 'The gearbox change was before the six consecutive Events...
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