Victim of an issue during Q3 of the Spanish Grand Prix qualifying, Sebastian Vettel stated, upon exiting his car, that he did not know what to expect: \u00ab Today, I don’t yet know what the cause was. I hope there’s no damage to the gearbox, otherwise it will mean another penalty tomorrow. \u00bb<\/p>\n
\u00ab In Q3, I left the pits and engaged first gear to start. When I shifted to second, I lost power, but I still had third gear, so I decided to continue because it’s possible to do a lap without second gear here. But in turn 1, I got stuck in fifth and couldn’t upshift or downshift. So I lost power and had to stop, \u00bb he explained to our colleagues from Crash.net<\/i> during a press briefing.<\/p>\n
Despite his initial concerns, it appears that the problem is related to the transmission, and the German does not expect a 5-place penalty\u2014normally given in the event of a gearbox failure\u2014because the gearbox itself is not damaged, according to Autosport<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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