7.4.07

Engine penalties for Coulthard and Barrichello

Red Bull’s David Coulthard and Honda’s Rubens Barrichello will start Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix from the back of the grid following unscheduled engine changes ahead of qualifying.
Barrichello hit problems with his race car at the start of Saturday’s session, forcing the Brazilian to switch to the spare RA107. Unfortunately the team did not have time to transfer his race engine, hence he incurs a ten-place grid penalty. As Barrichello only qualified 19th, the effect of his penalty is far less than Coulthard’s. The Scot had taken his RB3 to 13th spot, before it emerged that Red Bull had swapped him to a fresh Renault V8 before the session began.

(f1.com)

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